General Interest Articles
Articles and opinions for and about the entire adoption and foster community, ranging from how-tos and basics to controversy and new trends.
The Truth About Adoption More than 50 million Americans are directly affected by adoption. What unites us?
Alternatives to Adoption For both families considering placing a child and those considering adding to their families, traditional adoption is only one alternative. Others include surrogacy, embryo adoption, guardianship, and even cloning.
"A Different Kind of Relationship" Author Marcy Axness interviews author Nancy Verrier
(Primal Wound). Don't miss it!
Adoption : 5 Myths and Realities From Presbyterians Pro-Life, an examination of the most common inaccuracies surrounding adoption.
Adoption Insight Author Marcy Axness' site is a treasure for all members of the adoption community. Her articles offer true "insight."
Adoption Proves Biology Isn't Everything A letter of rebuttal by Lisa Beth Darling-Gorman to an article in the
Day Paper of New London and Middlesex County, CT.
An Adoption Trilogy Three women - birthmother, adoptee, adoptive mother - weave their lives and their stories, from
Salon Magazine.
Changing Views of Family and Kinship by Carol Biddle, Sharon Kaplan Roszia, Deborah Silverstein. Excellent reading.
Lifelong Issues Seven issues affecting all members of the adoption experience, by Sharon Kaplan Roszia.
Marketing and Adoption This article looks at how the two work - or don't work - together, and examines the adoption process along the way. By Matthew Higgins.
"Purely American: Laws, Lies and Love" Capitol College President, Dr. G. William Troxler, writes an intriguing brief essay on adoption in America, claiming current laws stem from our old Puritan roots. In the essay, he also examines the language of adoption.
St. William of Rochester From
Catholic Online Saints comes this item about the Patron Saint of Adopted Children.
"The Primal Wound" Precourser to her book of the same name, Nancy Verrier's 1991 speech to the American Adoption Congress introduced her controversial theory.
US No Longer Collects Adoption Stats According to the NAIC, only limited statistics are available.
"What Is The Primal Wound?" Author Marcy Axness examines the trauma of separation.
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