Adoption

Adoption March 23, 2010

All Things Adoption

All Things Adoption; Relinquishment, Search, Reunions, Books, News and Information

Lots of people know adoption stories, but they don’t know how to search for an adopted child or birth birthmother, or the rules of a good reunion, or what to watch out for when making and adoption plan. I have tried to provide as much information as possible broken down into categories so you can hopefully find the information you need, when you need it. There is a lot of information to be found here. Categories and sub-category are broken up by issues and can be found in main menu headings.

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Searches March 23, 2016

What You Need to Know if Adopted and Searching for Birthparent

Searching for your birthmother or biological father? Trying to find your adopted child?

Try the two best adoption reunion registries first, apply for your non-identifying adoption information form the state you were adopted in or, if that state has decent open records legislation passed and OBC access, get your original birth certificate. You can use social media to search or DNA or get help through a free search angel or even a paid searcher.

I am NOT a SEARCHER. This is NOT a registry.

If you email and ask me to help I will send you to the link below. Just click on it now.

Mirah Riben on Huffington Post, More Adoption Blogs from Adoption Bloggers, Pending Adoption Legislation, Relinquishment, The Adoption Industry October 26, 2015

Fairness in Adoption?

By Mirah Riben Wisconsin adoptive parents and lawmakers are seeking to make Wisconsin more “friendly” toward adopters by increasing pressure for parents considering placing their children for adoption. The Wisconsin Adoption Fairness Act seeks “to bring Wisconsin in line with other states, many of whom don’t require court hearings and allow mothers the option to relinquish rights after 72 hours.” “Allow[s]” or pressures mothers to do so within a narrow…

SAving Our Sisters from Adoption

Cassi's Adoption Truth, More Adoption Blogs from Adoption Bloggers, Relinquishment September 27, 2015

Shout It Out

By Cassi So, between taking my sweet Granddaughter to Disney World and getting into our family place at the lake, I’ve spent most of September barely on social media.  I’d pick up a little bit here and there when I’d log in but not enough to know what was going on. Seeing the tags for#shoutyouradoption here and there had me curious, but not enough, I admit, to do further research…

More Adoption Blogs from Adoption Bloggers, Searches, Surviving Adopted September 27, 2015

Why Adoptees Search

By Laura Marie Scoggins One cannot annul the fact that one was given up by one clan and taken in by another; one can only see the consequences of that fact in a new light that illuminates what happened in a healing way.  Betty Jean Lifton, Journey of the Adopted Self One of the most common questions asked of adoptees is why they search for their biological family. Our response…

Adoptee Rights, More Adoption Blogs from Adoption Bloggers, Reunions & Support, Searches, Surviving Adopted September 19, 2015

How Search and Reunion Saved My Life

By Laura Marie Scoggins One of the most common questions adoptees are asked when they tell people they are searching for their biological family or have been reunited is “why would you even want to search?” The insensitivity of this question makes my blood boil. I have to pause and count to ten before replying. Sometimes when that doesn’t work and the blood boiling makes my head feel like it’s…

Mirah Riben on Huffington Post, More Adoption Blogs from Adoption Bloggers, Relinquishment September 14, 2015

Toward Preventing Adoption-Related Suicde

By Mirah Riben National Suicide Prevention Month is an appropriate time to talk about something that puts adolescents at increased risk for suicide: adoption. Attempted suicide is more common among adolescents who live with adoptive parents than among adolescents who live with biological parents. The association persists after adjusting for depression and aggression and is not explained by impulsivity as measured by a self-reported tendency to make decisions quickly. (Slap,…

More Adoption Blogs from Adoption Bloggers, Reunions & Support September 10, 2015

Validating My Motherhood

By Susie One of the biggest hurdles I have had to overcome in the six+ years since being reunited with Christopher has been the claiming of my motherhood ~ from my very first pregnancy, not just from the birth of the children I raised. For I never allowed myself to consider that Christopher was my child, therefore I was not “really” a mother to him.  He was always “the baby…