http://jessy1019.vox.com/library/posts/tags/qdoption+education/page/1/ en Vox Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:41:51 -0700 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss qdoption education http://jessy1019.vox.com/library/post/unlearning-adoption-a-guide-to-family-preservation-and-protection.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Jessy) http://jessy1019.vox.com/library/post/unlearning-adoption-a-guide-to-family-preservation-and-protection.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://jessy1019.vox.com/library/post/unlearning-adoption-a-guide-to-family-preservation-and-protection.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:41:51 -0700 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00d4143a4aa56a4700e3989a9b5a0001" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large book-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item book-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://jessy1019.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4143a4aa56a4700e3989a9b5a0001.html"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4143a4aa56a4700e3989a9b5a0001-320pi" alt="Unlearning Adoption: A Guide to Family Preservation and Protection" title="Unlearning Adoption: A Guide to Family Preservation and Protection" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://jessy1019.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4143a4aa56a4700e3989a9b5a0001.html" title="Unlearning Adoption: A Guide to Family Preservation and Protection">Unlearning Adoption: A Guide to Family Preservation and Protection</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden">Jessica DelBalzo</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p></p> <p>The majority of Americans believe that adoption is a positive thing; that children and families benefit from the ability to be adopted or surrender a child for adoption.&#160; It&#39;s no coincidence that our society thinks this way -- media campaigns that began more than fifty years ago and continue to this day promote adoption without giving any indication that it might not be the perfect solution for anyone.&#160; Pregnant women in less than ideal circumstances are encouraged to consider the &quot;unselfish choice&quot; for their infants, and compassionate strangers are urged to adopt &quot;waiting&quot; children from foster care.&#160; But for all the&#160;pro-adoption rhetoric that abounds in American society, how much do you really know about adoption and its effects on the actual children and families involved?</p> <p><a href="http://www.unlearningadoption.com">Unlearning Adoption: A Guide to Family Preservation and Protection</a> explodes the myths surrounding adoption and reveals the disappointing truth -- that adoption is not the benevolent institution most people believe it to be.&#160; Using&#160;current research and historical evidence against adoption, my book makes a case for family preservation and adoption alternatives.&#160;&#160;Better still, it offers ways for professionals like social workers, doctors, and lawyers, as well as everyday folk, to&#160;protect parents and children from the adoption industry and improve the lives of children who are already in the system.&#160; No matter where you currently stand on the issue of adoption, this book will give you some fresh food for thought.&#160;&#160;</p> <p>And I guarantee you, I&#39;m not just saying that because I wrote it.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jessy1019.vox.com/library/post/unlearning-adoption-a-guide-to-family-preservation-and-protection.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143a4aa56a4700e3989aaf2d0004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> anti-adoption adoption book qdoption education adoption facts