Welcome Home! : An International and Nontraditional Adoption Reader

ISBN-13: 9780789017734 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 288 str.

Lita Linzer Schwartz; Florence W. Kaslow

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Schwartz (professor emerita, Pennsylvania State U., Abington) and Kaslow (Florida Couples and Family Institute) are co-authors of The Dynamics of Divorce and Painful Partings, and, between them, author or editor of 40 books, and numerous book chapters and scholarly articles. For those considering a

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• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Foreword
• Chapter 1. Opening the Door
• Why Adopt?
• Where Do We Begin?
• What Are Our Options?
• Other Considerations in Creating a Family
• Introducing Personal Stories
• Chapter 2. Welcome Home: From the Perspective of Research on International Adoption
• The Northeast-Northwest Collaborative Adoption Projects (N2CAP)
• The Questions: The Family Questionnaire
• Survey Findings
• Summary and Concluding Remarks
• Chapter 3. From Couple to Family
• How We Got to be a Family of Seventeen
• And We Wait and Wait and Wait . . .
• The Transatlantic Phone Call
• We Get to Go Home
• We Very Quickly Become a Family of Five
• Addendum by Deborah Johnson
• Chapter 4. Coming Home from China
• The Potential Parents
• Our Experiences en Route to the Adoption
• Becoming Gianna
• Beginning Life with Gia
• Keeping in Touch with the Chinese Culture
• Gia’s Adoption Story
• Chapter 5. The Family I Wanted
• Getting Started
• At Long Last—A Daughter
• Our Family Expands
• Taking the Plunge Once Again
• And Then There Were Four
• Suggestions for Those Contemplating a Larger Family
• Chapter 6. Our Daughters from China Have Two Mommies
• Making The Decision to Adopt
• The Adoption Process: A Circuitous Paper Chase
• Lia: Our First Daughter
• The Decision to Adopt Again: Getting Amy
• Adoptions from China Today
• Chapter 7. From One Wondrous Second to Countless Memorable Moments: Adventures In Adoption
• Adoption Wonderings
• Adoption Disappointments
• The Arrival of Zoë
• The Arrival of Zachary
• Zoë and Zachary Then and Today
• My Adoption Insights
• Reflections Today
• Addendum by Karina Barragar
• Addendum by Reese Barragar
• Addendum by Samantha Erin Barragar
• Addendum by Krista Barragar
• Addendum by Mildred Peterson
• Chapter 8. Welcome Home—Liv, Kim, and Love
• Swedish Adoption
• Why Did I Adopt a Child?
• Experiences en Route to the Adoption
• Costs of International Adoption
• My Daughter—Delivered at Stockholm Airport
• My Older Son—A Happy Encounter in “The Land of Smiles”
• My Youngest Son—A Less Dramatic Start
• Who Am I?
• Going Back: Searching for Roots
• Reflections
• Chapter 9. A Perfect Lottery
• Preadoption Considerations
• The Adoption of Carolina Martha Linnea Kaufman
• Jonathan Edgar Erik Joins the Family
• Our Three Children
• Telling Children About Their Background
• The Present
• The Adoption Process
• Chapter 10. Adopting from Eastern Europe 101
• Deciding to Adopt
• Finding a Child
• Adoption and Heritage
• Zoë Today
• Chapter 11. Miracle Sisters from Romania
• Our Decision to Adopt
• Joanna’s Half Sister Arrives
• Chapter 12. Adventures in Adoption: From Russia to America
• The Preadoption Phase
• The Adoption Is Finalized
• Peter Enters Our Hearts and Our Family
• Reflections
• Chapter 13. Four Roads Less Traveled but They All Lead Home
• Factors Leading to My Adoptions
• A Full Circle
• The Miracle Baby
• Jo Arrives on the Scene
• Charles—A Fight That Had to Be Won
• Brianna—A Very Different Story
• A Retrospective Glance
• Chapter 14. Problems, Perils, and Pleasures of Multicultural and Biracial Adoption
• Reasons for Seeking to Adopt Abroad
• Multicultural Issues
• Coping with Uncertainties and New Realities
• Reflections
• Legal Concerns
• Postscript
• Appendix. Adoption Resources
• In the United States
• Outside the United States
• Bibliography
• Index

O autorze

Authored by Schwartz, Lita Linzer; Kaslow, Florence