Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Adopted Children Need Time to Adjust, Experts Say

by Honey Berk

After a Tennessee woman sent her adopted child on a plane back to Russia last week, the topic of adoption is both in the news and on people's minds.

What's important to understand, experts say, is that adoption itself is not the problem. Rather, issues can occur because of things that may have happened before the adoption ever took place -- including whether the child was abused or neglected, was institutionalized or lived in an orphanage in another country.  Read more...

Listen to my interview about Adopting Black Children




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