tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post4175894330237407469..comments2024-02-27T00:41:15.985-06:00Comments on AdoptionTalk: Openness in International Adoptionmalindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233439015219192874noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-78278170783815259772009-12-08T19:58:33.487-06:002009-12-08T19:58:33.487-06:00If you are doing work on openness in int'l ado...If you are doing work on openness in int'l adoption, you may want to consider seeing if you can join the Guatemala birthfamilies yahoogroup, which is for families who are searching/have contact/or are thinking about making contact with their children's firstfamilies. I found it really helpful in a) making the decision and searching, and b) figuring out how to build a relationship across cultural dividesart-sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07421342770323258531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-62035213628681724122009-12-07T19:22:13.137-06:002009-12-07T19:22:13.137-06:00This is a fascinating analysis. Thank you!This is a fascinating analysis. Thank you!Triona Guidryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969598333210972017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-48383138745306703622009-12-06T09:47:35.848-06:002009-12-06T09:47:35.848-06:00Being told they're adopted: I think the figure...Being told they're adopted: I think the figure might be so high for int'l because rarely is any child an infant. Sometimes these kids desperately miss their caregivers too. It's like they "know". For anyone not inclined to tell, this is a powerful reality check. I did, however, learn on another blog of a child who was told she was born in China but not told she was adopted because it would be "too much" for her (read: too much for the a-parents).<br /><br />Openness: That means 6% of internationals have located the original family. Can't say for sure but it appears from one list I'm on that some people exit *with* original-family information. So there is always the possibility of openness. The rest of us have to search. That means in the US that out of the 140,00 kids adopted internationally since 1991 (that's a very rough approx), 8400 families have such contact. If so, I'm surprised we don't hear more from them and their experiences. This excludes many adoptees born in the 70s too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com