What Do Adoptees Think About Adoption?

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Have you ever wondered what adult adoptees really think about adoption? Join us to hear about the Profiles in Adoption: Adult Adoptee Experiences report, based on research by the National Council for Adoption. 

In this episode, we cover:

• Who did you interview for the Profiles in Adoption: Adult Adoptee Experiences report, and how did you find them?
• You separated your responses by type of adoption.
• How satisfied are adult adoptees in general—life satisfaction?
• Did they think that adoption could and did work in their best interest? In the best interest of their birth family? In the best interest of their adoptive family?
• What were their thoughts on openness in adoption?
• For transracial adoptions: Do you believe your adoptive parent(s) did a sufficient job at discussing issues of race/ethnicity with you?
• What were their thoughts on whether to allow transracial adoptions?
• Were adoptees in favor of their families having an annual recognition of adoption?
• Specific questions for those adopted from foster care. P. 25
• Specific questions for those adopted as infants domestically. P. 28
• Specific questions for those adopted internationally P. 30
• Advice for future adoptive parents. P. 32
• What adoptees wish their parents had done differently. p. 41

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