7 Core Issues in Adoption (and Foster Care)

The seven core issues in adoption, guardianship and also foster care help to explain the complex and lifelong emotional journeys of adoptees and fosterees. And, by design, also those of the many families and birth relatives that journey alongside them. Dig into these important concepts below! Please reference our Adoptee & Foster Voices, All About Me, Assisted Reproduction, Attachment, Birth Parent Grief & Loss, Celebrations, Holidays & Other Special Occasions, Grief and Loss, Life Story Work Navigating Birth Family Relationships & Openness, Siblings, Talking About Adoption, Foster Care & Other Hard Things and Trauma pages for more resources.

"Adoption and Permanency begins with loss. Without loss, adoption and permanency would not occur. All those involved in the process experience loss and grief. The way those losses are resolved will impact children throughout their lives. Our goal is to ensure that the greater burden of loss is carried by the adults rather than by the children." ~Allison Davis Maxon - author in ORPARC's library

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Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency by Sharon Roszia


What is Adoption? by Jeanette Yoffe, foster adoptee & en español

What is Foster Care? by Jeanette Yoffe, foster adoptee & en español