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A central theme is the assertion that all adoptees, even those adopted at birth, will retain memories of the separation from their birth mothers, and that regardless of the way the adoption is presented and handled by adoptive parents, these memories will have profound effects on the emotional and psychological well-being of the child and adult ...
Inspired by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's On Death and Dying, the author attempts to show how those who have experienced the death of a loved one may be psychologically similar to a birth mother who has placed her child for adoption. The adoptive Families Association of British Columbia conducted a study where birth mothers completed a short ...
In the United States, most adoptions involve a child being adopted by a person who is married to a birth parent, or by another existing relative. [4] Adoption by a stepmother or stepfather is called a step-parent. If the child is adopted by a person who lives with, but is not married to, a birth parent, then it is called a second-parent ...
It was an emotional day for 62-year-old Candy Wagner, who after decades of searching, found the daughter she had given up for adoption. Wagner gave birth when she was just 14-years-old, staying at ...
Transracial adoption—in Western countries, usually involving non-white children and white adults—is a contentious issue. [11] Transracial adoptees often face specific challenges, including a lack of diversity in their environment, racism from adoptive family members, and a lack of connection with their birth culture. [ 12 ]
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The names of any birth parents listed on the original birth certificate are replaced on an amended certificate with the names of the adoptive parents, making it appear that the child was born to the adoptive parents. [187]
Closed adoption has been increasingly criticized in recent years as being unfair to both the adoptee and their birth parents. Some people believe that making the identities of a child's parents a state secret is a gross violation of human rights. On the other hand, the birth mother may have desired the secrecy because of the circumstances of ...