As a cross cultural adoptee, Charisse shares the complexities of being adopted from the Anglo-Saxon culture to a Latin American culture.
Tag: cross cultural adoption
Divided by Two Cultures
Xiaolan reflects her cultural identities in this artwork.
Embracing our Origins
We explore the intercountry adoptee journey to embrace our ancestry.
The Rights of the Child
UK transracial adoptee shares her thoughts on being adopted.
Adoptee desire to know the Truth
Indian adoptee from Belgium shares her story of adoption.
The Truth of Intercountry Adoption
These past weeks have been frustrating to say the least! I received an official letter from the Australian Government - Minister Tehan's office, Minister for Social Services, one of the Federal departments responsible for intercountry adoption. Our stakeholder community has been actively writing and contacting the Minister to request a review of the decision to …
Voices of those impacted the most in Adoption
Paul Bonnell's essay written to express his journey of intercountry adoption from Vietnam.
A journey through space, a journey divided
By Sunny Reed, Korean intercountry adoptee. Intercountry adoptees speak often about the return to their birth country, a time defined by searching and finding. Lynelle’s recent post made me consider my relationship with Korea, the land that, over three decades ago, released me to a country made of dreams. We speak of “the return” as …
Return to Birthland
Vietnamese adoptee Lynelle shares about her second return journey to homeland, a decade later and how things have changed.
Not My White Savior: Review
Julayne Lee's book, Not My White Savior is reviewed by ICAV.
Cuts You Deep
Whilst studying for my undergraduate degree in History, I found the similarities of my childhood and reading the history of Nazi Germany opened up my old anxieties. The interrogation methods of the SS were like pages read out about my own childhood. My adopted mother acted like a Concentration Camp guard, always on the lookout …
LIONHEART Review
Lynelle provides a recommendation and review of the book Lionheart - a terrific resource for any parent considering intercountry adoption written by adoptive parents.
The Power of Peer Support
Lynelle writes critically about the power of peer support in intercountry adoption.
Search & Reunion Research in Intercountry Adoption
Pauline Senchyna's research on Search & Reunion for Ireland's aging intercountry adoptees.
When is adoption NOT in the best interests of the child?
Where are the rights of adoptees when they are legally "de-twinned" by their adoptive parents? How is this in the "best interests of the child"?
Complexities of Intercountry Adoption
Lynelle shares on intercountry adoption, together with her own experience and hearing from many fellow adoptees on a range of questions asked by a journalist.
Adoptee Anger
Lynelle shares about adoptee anger, how it connects to abandonment feelings, grief, loss and sadness; the best response is to listen and validate our feelings