~by Suz Bednarz How could I, me, a mother who lost a child to adoption in 1986, possibly help adoptive parents understand the role of families of origin? Didn’t my role end the minute my child was taken from me and given to them? Harsh question but until a few years back that is what I was lead to believe. …
Month: February 2008
Have a Heart – Support Ethica’s “Operation Identity”
In honor of Valentine’s Day, PEAR is asking the adoptive family community to support and assist in Ethica’s Operation Identity: Cooperating to Protect the Identity of Vietnamese Orphans. Identifying information is extremely important to adopted persons, it is important to all persons. As adoptive parents and prospective adoptive parents, it is our duty to preserve and protect our child’s identity. …
Helping Adoptive Parents Understand the Role of Families of Origin: From the Viewpoint of a Mother who lost a child to adoption
~ by Mirah Riben The United Nations has determined that the difference between a good and bad life for a child is a mother with a sense of empowerment. Adopting a child today is far different than it was a generation or two ago when it was felt best to keep the entire process secretive. Adopting today requires accepting the …