Blended Families in Adoption

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Blended families in adoption are defined as families in which children born to their parents are raised in the same family with adopted siblings. Personal stories from non-adopted siblings, adoptees, and parents explore the differences and similarities between children in the same families with different experiences and different needs. Answers to the question “who are the real parents" and “who are your real brothers and sisters" are explored.

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• A Different Kind of Normal
  by Joan McNamara (1998 | 339 KB | )
  
• Adopting Again: Talking to the Other children in the Home
  an interview with Sharon Kaplan Roszia (2001 | 89 KB | )
  
• All of Nathan’s Family
  by Pamela, Barbara, Suzanne & John (1997 | 91 KB | )
  
• Blended Families
  by Beth Hall (2000 | 54 KB | )
  
• Book Review: All Families Are Special
  by Norma Simon, Illustrated by Teresa Flavin (2004 | 408 KB | )
  
• Book Review: Brothers and Sisters in Adoption
  by Arleta James (2009 | 473 KB | )
  
• Book Review: In Their Siblings’ Voices
  by Rita Simon and Rhonda Roorda (2009 | 89 KB | )
  
• Family Stories: Surprise Adoption
  by Jill Rege (2008 | 956 KB | )
  
• Family Stories: Zora’s and Ezra’s Families Connected by Blood ... and Love
  by Pact (2010 | 162 KB | )
  
• Forgotten Child
  by Lynn Calza (1998 | 112 KB | )
  
• Four Lifelong Issues in Adoption
  by Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg (2007 | 116 KB | )
  
• I Am an Adoptive Parent to Be -- We Are an Adoptive Family to Me
  by Desiree Corbett Korelich (2005 | 81 KB | )
  
• If You’re Color Blind, How Do You See Me?
  by Kevin Hofmann (2012 | 101 KB | )
  
• Mathilde’s Awakening . . . And Mine too.
  by Marie Claude Provencher (2008 | 118 KB | )
  
• Non-Adopted Siblings of Adoptees
  by Beth Hall (2012 | 97 KB | )
  
• Not Just "White Parents with Kids of Color" - The Importance of Racial Identity Work for Parents
  by Gina Miranda Samuels, Ph.D., MSSW (2012 | 129 KB | )
  
• Pact Family Stories
  (2012 | 2.54 MB | )
  
• Sibling Attachment
  by Patricia Irwin Johnston (1996 | 336 KB | )
  
• The Real Daughter
  by Colleen Houlihan  (1994 | 106 KB | )
  
• The Tapestry of My Life
  by Holly van Gulden (1994 | 323 KB | )
  
• Twinning Through Adoption
  by Kimberly Simpson (1997 | 94 KB | )
  

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