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Family thoughts during this time of Year

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by Bina Mirjam de Boer adopted from India to the Netherlands and available at Bina Coaching. December is a month all about fun and family. Many people won't be able to celebrate Christmas with their family this year. For many adopted people, December is a difficult month every year because they are extra aware that …

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Adoptee Dualities

On By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee Support, Adoptee vulnerability, Colombia, Complexities in Adoption, Forced separation, Gratitude in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Intercultural struggles, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Multiple Identities, Peer support, Rights in Adoption, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USA1 Comment

Abby explores the complex dualities adoptees face, from identity and family connections to cultural struggles, highlighting the emotional toll of navigating adoption experiences.

Twins separated by Adoption

On By lynellelongIn Adoption Agencies, Adoption Documentary, Alternatives to Adoption, Birth family trauma, Birth Parents Searching, China, China, Compensation to Victims in Adoption, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Difficult discussions in adoption, DNA Searching, Family Preservation, Forced separation, Gratitude in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Illicit Adoption, Impacts to Biological Families, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Multiple Identities, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Politics of Adoption, Post Adoption Support, Reparation in Adoption, Rights in Adoption, Sense of Belonging, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, UN Joint Statement Illegal Adoption, USA, What is an Illegal and Illicit Adoption?6 Comments

Lynelle writes critically about the intercountry adoption processes that knowingly separate biological twins.

Colombian Intercountry Adoptee Anthology

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The first Colombian intercountry adoptee anthology that shares the many complexities of being adopted from Colombia, edited and compiled by Abby Forero-Hilty.