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Adoptee Voices Intercountry Adoption Lifelong Impact

Where is OUR support?

“With the voices of adopted adults being heard across the world, and the messaging being conveyed, it is imperative that adoption as we know and understand it, evolves. Coram IAC will continue to drive understanding and best practice, as highlighted in the EurAdopt conference, Coram IAC hosted in April 2024 attended by delegates from all […]

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NVR: an adoptee’s account

Children are not abusers. Adopters are trapped not by their acquired property, but by their own fear of failure, and fear of shattering their family fantasy beyond repair.

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The use of ‘nonviolent resistance’ in adoption circles

A couple of years ago I came across classes for adopters on nonviolent resistance (NVR). At first I wondered “what are they protesting?” I was horrified to find out that the term was being used in relation to parenting adopted children.  The idea of nonviolent resistance was first used by Gandhi and was adopted by […]

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Adoption breakdown

We can only conclude that adoption is broken. And wonder why we are still using this outdated model.