I find it interesting to ponder why the concept Best Interests of the Child in intercountry adoption is discussed and decisions made without substantial research on the long term outcomes in intercountry adoption. When I say long term, I mean decades to show how intercountry adoption impacts us through the various stages of life. Most …
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How the Korean Government Fails I was stationed in Korea for eight years and have made more than a dozen trips to Korea since I left in 2007. During my last visit to Itaewon, I came across a small bronze statue of a girl sitting on a chair, next to an empty chair, located at …
I normally tiptoe around adoption and never say the A word because people just don't respond well to "adoptee anger". But during the month of November, I feel it is appropriate to air my feelings on what I have anger about, in intercountry adoption. I hate that our original identities are ignored and get obliterated …
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Joey shares after the death of 4 chinese adoptees.
Joey shares on the What If's of being adopted.
Would Adoptees Adopt or Not? This is a compilation of responses from those with lived experience.
Lynelle shares about the burden of being expected to be grateful in being adopted.
Lynelle shares from dialogue within ICAV what intercountry adoptees need, having lived the experience.
Lynelle writes critically about the lack of formal support for adoptees who have been trafficked via intercountry adoption.
I was reared on a small dairy farm that rested on the edge of the Red River Valley on the Minnesota side. I grew up in a rural farming community that was filled with a lush green forest of corn, amber waves of grain and intermittent dots of farm homesteads covered with thick deciduous trees. …
Lynelle provides a recommendation and review of the book Lionheart - a terrific resource for any parent considering intercountry adoption written by adoptive parents.
Desiree shares her thoughts on being an orphan and finding her identity.
Older age adoptees struggle to transition from their first life to their second. What can be done to reduce the trauma of transition in older age adoptions?
Lynelle critically examines who and how well the millions of money is being spent by the Australian government in 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.
Patrick Noordoven provides a critical look at the UNCRC vs The Hague on Intercountry Adoption.
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
