I was pretty worried about how this show was going to portray adoption. I was pleasantly surprised that they hired hosts who were adopted and who were sensitive to what was going on. Like it or not, we get to be “adoption educators” to our friends and families, so they’ll understand the things our kids [...]

I’ll start things with a few links I have that didn’t make it into any of the previous posts on the subject: Renaming as cultural erasure The Angelina bashing didn’t do much for me, but once you get to the meat of what she’s saying, it’s something I’ve heard before from lots of other adoptees. [...]

There have been questions about adult male adoptees. Here is what I found this morning: Jared Rehberg – Waking up American This is his bio page, written by a friend. He has a few pictures from a trip to Vietnam here. Dominic’s story Not a blog, this is also more of a bio. He has [...]

I’m back on a theme today, that of whether it is important to take our kids on trips back to China. I’m just pointing to two articles today, both from the Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington site. Under Three Flags – Between Two Worlds Insight to Experience My answer is that, yes, I think it [...]

I’m pointing to some posts today from the Adoption Survivor blog. The blog author in this case says she was abused by her adoptive parents. She also says that she doesn’t want people negating her opinions of adoption because of the abuse. I’m just pointing it out because when she says “my abuser” I want [...]

Today we are discussing the writings on the Harlow’s Monkey blog. Harlow’s Monkey is written by an adult Korean adoptee who is also a respected social worker. Her words (and her advice) should be listened to. If you disagree with something you read in any of these posts, use the comments section here and let’s [...]