Adoption Risks

Articles

Adopting Our Girl
An adoptive mother writes of her adopted daughter with a cleft lip.

Adoption Gone Awry
Do not fear adoption.

Adoption Subsidies: What You Should Know
Importance of adoption subsidies.

Adoptive Families Need Ongoing Support
Available help for post-adoption behavior problems.

An Adoptive Mother's Grief
Adoptive mom tells of her son.

Azeri Adoption Gone Wrong By Trusting Friends of Important US Officials
A failed adoption.

Black Market Adoption
Author suspects she and her son were victims.

Clinical Perspective: Psychoeducation for Pre-adoptive Families
Author discusses emotional issues.

Closet Assumptions (Part Two)
Another real-life adoption allegory.

Common Fears in Adoption
Adoption fears.

Dana's Gift
Adopting parents' dream gets shattered.

Dealing With Adoption Detours
An adoptive mother shares the frustrations of the adoption process and offers words of comfort.

Disruption or Dissolution
Dissolving an adoption.

Divorce, Adoption, and Nurturing the Couple
Possible problems with divorce after adoption.

Fade In Fade Out - The Transition
When it's time for the foster child to move on.

Falling Through the Cracks
Trying to help her child with attachmentand bonding issues.

Frank Foundation, World Child and "Wrongful Adoption"
Wrongful international adoption.

It Wasn't Meant to Be
Risk of adopting.

Losing an Adoption
Offers comfort to those who have experiences a reversal of their adoption.

Main Factor Inhibiting Foster Child Adoption
Hinderance to foster care adoption.

N. Carolina Father Challenges Utah Adoption Law
Parental rights and legal issues.

No Parent Should Have to Go Through This
Parental abduction of an adopted child.

On the Eve of Trial: The Story of a Legal Risk Adoption
An adoptive mom's story.

One Family's Struggle to be Together
Transracial adoption.

Re: What is Attachment Disorder?
Birthmother's thoughts on the article.

Saving Joshua
One couple's continuing adoption attempts.

The Building of the Hatch Family
Adoption difficulties that were overcome.

The Ohio Putative Father Registry - the What?
Navigating the putative father registration process.

What You Should Know Before You Adopt a Child
Dealing with attachment issues.

What You Want and Don't Want to Hear from Adoption Agencies
Things to look for when talking to an agency.

When The Birth Mother Changes Her Mind
Adoptive parents and grieving a lost child.

Who Cares if People are Exploited by Adoption?
Exploiting adoption.

Working with the System - Their Way!
A family's advice for adopting in Australia.