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Why Love Isn’t Enough: Part Two – Neglect

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

This is another in a series of posts on related challenging topics. You may want to print this post or others in the series – Introduction, Part One, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six. Study them, returning to them over time. Review the resources that are embedded within the articles. Keep them handy! [...]

Why Love Isn’t Enough: The Potential Risks Involved in Adopting From Home or Far Away – Introduction

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

This is the Introduction to a series of posts on related challenging topics (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six.) The purpose of this series is to make clear that today’s waiting children—international and domestic—infants and older children—are a traumatized population. As will become clear over the next two weeks, [...]

The Voices of Adult Transcultural Adoptees: Listening to the Messages and Taking Action!

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Adult adoptees are no longer the exception to the many voices in adoption that can offer adoptive parents essential tools for success! This post highlights three of the many adult adoptees who blog about their experiences of growing up as transcultural adoptees in American society. They also comment on the adoption process as well. Their [...]