Most Read This Week In Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents, and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parent or parents. Unlike guardianship or other systems designed for the care of the young, adoption is intended to effect a permanent change in status and as such requires societal recognition, either through legal or religious sanction.
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I'm eternally grateful to {our birth mother}, but wish I had never needed her. It's a loaded friendship, a complex connection.
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― Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
― Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
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I knew, deep down, that I was different from my family. I knew just by looking in the mirror.
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― A View From The Mountain
― A View From The Mountain
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