by Kayla Zheng, adopted from China to the USA.
Tag: race
Would Adoptees Adopt an Orphan?
Would Adoptees Adopt or Not? This is a compilation of responses from those with lived experience.
Expectations of Gratitude in Adoption
Lynelle shares about the burden of being expected to be grateful in being adopted.
Not Good Enough
I was an artistic child and I spent much of my free time drawing when I was a child. I drew my interpretation of Star Wars. I was not allowed to watch the movie because my religious parents believed it was evil to try and interpret the future. Our hired hand found my drawings in …
Monarchs and Viceroys: Interracial Couple Issues
Intercountry adoptee explores interracial issues when we partner a person of our same race/ethnicity.
What Intercountry Adoptees Need
Lynelle shares from dialogue within ICAV what intercountry adoptees need, having lived the experience.
Degrees of Being Trafficked in Intercountry Adoption
Lynelle writes critically about the lack of formal support for adoptees who have been trafficked via intercountry adoption.
Adoptive Parent Decision Making in Intercountry Adoption
When adoption becomes politicized, there’s a tendency to dehumanize the child. The child is not a political pawn, some poor waif smuggled out of a war-torn country into a loving home. But when media articles portray adoptions this way, the child’s developing identity is impacted by these prejudices.
Yellow Snow
I grew up on a dairy farm in rural Minnesota. Minnesota is a state, located in the north central region of the United States and borders Canada. Most people do not know the most northern point of the lower 48 states is located in Minnesota. It should be no surprise to learn Minnesota ranks in …
Korean Killdeers
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. …
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.
Reconstructing Identity and Heritage
Desiree shares her thoughts on being an orphan and finding her identity.
Birth Country Cultural Immersion for Intercountry Adoptees
Sunny explores a research paper on cultural immersion for intercountry adoptees.
Gabby Mentors Young Chinese Adoptees via Art
Gabby Malpas shares her talent by mentoring younger Chinese adoptees through her artwork.
No Mother, No Child
Yennifer Villa is a Colombian adoptee who has undertaken a project to photograph and capture the experiences of the mothers of loss in Colombia.
The Power of Peer Support
Lynelle writes critically about the power of peer support in intercountry adoption.
Search and Reunion for Intercountry Adoptees
Search and Reunion in intercountry adoption: a compliation of over 40 intercountry adoptees with lived experience.
How do Adoptees Journey over Time?
Filippino adoptee Richard shares about relocating to his homeland to live.
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.
In Who’s Interest are Australia’s Adoption Reforms for?
Lynelle writes critically about the Australian reforms in intercountry adoption.
Intercountry Adopted into Same Race Family
Prema shares her story of same race intercountry adoption, the complexities of adoption. Adopted from India to the USA.
Online Panel: InterCountry Adoptee Experiences
Online series of panel discussions with intercountry adoptees on various topics.
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
What is it like to be Adopted?
Lynelle answers the question What is it like to be adopted? providing insight from her own journey, sharing some common elements many other adoptees speak of.