Learning from others and creating change
From another thread, a new reader/poster had the following to say about the way in which PPL presents itself, and how PPL, as a free informational resource, can improve:read more
View ArticleCumulative Cognitive Deficit in international adoptees: its origin,...
from: bgcenter.comBoris Gindis, Ph.D., NYS Licensed Psychologistread more
View ArticleExpectations, exhaustion can lead mothers to post-adoption stress
By: Amy Patterson NeubertMarch 23, 2012 / EurekAlertWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Fatigue and unrealistic expectations of parenthood may help contribute to post-adoption depression in women, according to a...
View ArticlePassport won’t bear adopted parent’s name, if adoption not legal: HC
April 2, 2012 / read more
View ArticleJoyce Maynard Announces Failure of Her Adoptive Family
By KJ DELL'ANTONIAApril 4, 2012 / The New York Timesread more
View ArticleAdoptees Who Reunite With Lost Parent Risk Genetic Sexual Attraction
By Susan Donaldson JamesMay 21, 2012 / ABCnews.go.com Julie DeNeen was raised by her biological mother and a step-father who adopted her after DeNeen's birth father relinquished his legal rights. But...
View ArticleAfrican Organization Wants Adoptions Of Native Children Scaled Back
by Justin Surrency / wibw.com June 03, 2012 CNN- Nyla was just two or three days old, no one really knows for sure, when she was found abandoned in the middle of a field in Rwanda. She was "black and...
View ArticleAn American Adoption Plan: Made in China
The other day I was reviewing some articles about gendercide in China, the practice of forced abortion, and child trafficking, and I was thinking how these types of events help create complex adoption...
View ArticleWhen an adoptee resists touch and comfort (and develops a new dysfunction)
In my never-ending quest for self-improvement and enlightenment, I found a report titled "Somatic-Experiential Sex Therapy: A Body-Centered Gestalt Approach to Sexual Concerns", and as I was reading...
View ArticleAdoption and Parenticide: Seeking Truth and Justice
By Mirah RibenJuly 24, 2012 / dissidentvoice.orgParenticide, the killing of one or both parents, (i.e. parricide, matricide), is the subject of Greek tragedies and myths around the world. But it also...
View ArticleIt takes more than love: What happens when adoption fails
By Diane MapesAugust 1, 2012 / today.msnbc.comFamous moms like Angelina Jolie, Madonna and Charlize Theron have brought adoption into the limelight, and perhaps even made it look easy. But what...
View ArticleAdoption Search Discoveries
Adoptee Matthew Salesses wrote a wonderful response to adoptive parent Ann Brenoff's article, My Daughter's Baby Picture, featured in the August 8, 2012 edition of Huffington Post.read more
View ArticleChanged landscape of overseas adoptions
By Sheila WaymanSeptember 11, 2012 / irishtimes.comGRUELLING ASSESSMENTS, long waiting lists, exasperating bureaucracy and considerable expense are some of the most discussed challenges facing...
View ArticleAdoption Subsidies: A Great Investment for Kids Who Need Families
By Adam Pertman and Georgia DeoudesSeptember 25, 2012 / Huffington PostMore than 104,000 children in the United States are waiting in foster care to be adopted by permanent, loving parents. These girls...
View ArticleDark side of inter-racial adoption surfaces with arrivals of grown-up adoptees
October 10, 2012 / koreatimes.co.krread more
View ArticleChildren's identities were erased
By Alana RosenbaumDecember 20, 2012 / canberratimes.com.auTHE birth dates of babies who were adopted were often changed to prevent them from ever reuniting with their birth mothers, according to...
View ArticleWrong label
This is in response to a recent comment made, found here: Educational programs and the adopted child's futureread more
View ArticleDepression besets adoptive mother soon after baby’s arrival
By Amy Rogers NazarovJanuary 8, 2013 / thewashingtonpostread more
View ArticleInternational Adoption Problems: An Adoptee Interview
Uploaded on Feb 27, 2011In this eye opening interview, author Peter Dodds who was adopted from an orphanage in Germany, describes harm caused when children are uprooted from their native countries and...
View ArticleThe dangers of the unprepared clueless Amother
Recently, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a government-funded group of independent experts, addressed a comprehensive review of the available data on ways to detect maltreatment of...
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