Category: Adoption Breakdown / Failure

Integrating the Parts in Adoption

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Bina shares about the fragmentation adoptees endure in order to survive and the grief work we must do to reintegrate our dual selves.

We can be our own Heroes

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Bina shares about the after effects of losing fellow adoptees to suicide, how we can work together to overcome the things that death can trigger.

Family thoughts during this time of Year

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Bina writes about the complexities of holiday times for adoptees.

Yasmin Mahan

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Kev Minh remembers Yasmin Mahan, Indian intercountry adoptee who died after an adoption disruption.

Not My Adopted Child!

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Juliette shares about how adoptive parents can't see the reality of their own adopted child.