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Tag: overcoming expectations

Toxic Positivity

On April 9, 2022March 26, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn Uncategorized1 Comment

Kate McCann shares about toxic positivity for adoptive parents who have intercountry adopted children.

The Here and Now

On August 24, 2021July 29, 2022 By Desiree MaruIn Uncategorized1 Comment

Desiree shares her life, coming to terms with her past and moving forward.

Is Adoption Truly a Mother’s Choice?

On May 11, 2021May 10, 2021 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Yung Fierens shares her Mother's Day thoughts to remind us to think critically about whether Korean mothers are truly consenting to their children being adopted.

Recent Posts

  • Why Hague Convention States must take responsibility for  post adoption costs
  • Adoption Across a Lifetime: Why Reform Must Move Beyond the Child-Centric Lens
  • Rethinking “harm” in intercountry adoption
  • Understanding the Grief Adoptees Carry
  • When Adoption Erases Sisters

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