International and Transnational Adoption

Please find some of our best articles, essays and reviews on this topic.

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International adoption, also referred to as inter-country adoption or transnational adoption, means a child who is born in one country is adopted by a family from another country. Every child who is adopted internationally deserves to take pride in the development of a dual identity and multicultural or multiracial perspective on life. Articles include personal stories of international adoption from birth parents and adoptive parents as well as adoptees, along with an exploration of relevant parenting strategies, and legal, political, transracial, and transcultural issues.

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• A Different Kind of Normal
  by Joan McNamara (1998 | 339 KB | )
  
• A Long Journey Home
  by Molly McCullough (2008 | 351 KB | )
  
• Adoption Milestones
  by Susan Soon-keum Cox (2000 | 69 KB | )
  
• Adoption, Race and Where’s the Hairbrush?
  by Lisa Lerner (2008 | 117 KB | )
  
• Ask Pact: To Move or Not To Move?
  by Beth Hall (2009 | 60 KB | )
  
• Ask Pact: Transracial Adoption, Laying Our Cards On the Table
  (2011 | 120 KB | )
  
• Attachment in International Adoption
  by Susan Soon-keum Cox (2000 | 70 KB | )
  
• Book Review: Daughter of the Ganges
  by Asha Miro (2008 | 434 KB | )
  
• Book Review: Happy Family
  by Wendy Lee (2008 | 406 KB | )
  
• Book Review: Lucky Girl
  by Mei-Ling Hopgood (2010 | 183 KB | )
  
• Book Review: Once They Hear My Name: Korean Adoptees and Their Journey
  by Marilyn Lammert, Ellen Lee and Mary Anne Hess (2009 | 406 KB | )
  
• Book Review: Slant
  by Laura Williams (2010 | 361 KB | )
  
• Book Review: The Colours in Me: Writing & Poetry by Adopted Children & Youth
  Edited by Perlita Harris (2009 | 412 KB | )
  
• Book Review: We See The Moon
  by Carrie Kitze (2003 | 76 KB | )
  
• Book Review: You’re Not My REAL Mother!
  by Molly Friedrich (2005 | 83 KB | )
  
• Coming Full Circle, Becoming a Parent
  by Hollee McGinnis (aka Lee Hwa Yeong) (2009 | 114 KB | )
  
• Dealing with Racism
  by Beth Hall (2012 | 0 KB | )
  
• Dealing with Racism: Perspective of a White Transracial Adoptive Parent
  by Beth Hall (2012 | 163 KB | )
  
• Director’s Corner: Aftershocks of the Hatian Earthquake
  by Beth Hall (2010 | 306 KB | )
  
• Encouraging Reluctant Teens & Tweens to Attend Teen Club
  by Pact (2011 | 342 KB | )
  
• Exploring Openness - Inter Country Style
  by Sue Douglas (1992 | 118 KB | )
  
• Film Reviews: Adopted & We Can Do Better
  by Pact (2009 | 253 KB | )
  
• Film Review: Wo Ai Ni Mommy
  by Michele Rabkin (2010 | 115 KB | )
  
• Listen
  by Jane Brown (1998 | 318 KB | )
  
• Never
  by Ellwyn Kauffman (2010 | 304 KB | )
  
• Non-Adoptee Privilege
  by Kelly Reineke (2009 | 67 KB | )
  
• Our International Adoption Packing List
  by Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg (2000 | 109 KB | )
  
• Pact Camp Offers Parenting Insights FCC Northern California, Summer 2006
  by Annie Stuart (2006 | 66 KB | )
  
• Question and Answer with Adam Pertman
  (2011 | 127 KB | )
  
• Searching for Me
  by Lynne Connor (2008 | 114 KB | )
  
• Teen Corner: Mission Possible
  by Rabia Cons (2008 | 83 KB | )
  
• Teen Corner: Picture Me
  by Sofia Arroyo (2005 | 72 KB | )
  
• The Genogram
  by Eve Nicol (1996 | 95 KB | )
  
• The Name Game
  by Jae Ran Kim (2007 | 327 KB | )
  
• The Tapestry of My Life
  by Holly van Gulden (1994 | 323 KB | )
  
• Thinking About Culture Camp
  by Julie Randolph (2004 | 54 KB | )
  
• Two Stories of Reunion
  A Review by Susan Ito (2011 | 122 KB | )
  

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