Adopted The Movie

Resources for Parents

Click the image to see a scene from "Adopted: The New American Family" in which John and Jacqui
receive the first pictures of their new daughter.

"Adopted: The New American Family" follows John and Jacqui on their journey to adopt a little girl from China (watch John and Jacqui receive their referral). Through them, we experience all of the hope, excitement, complications and frustrations that come with international adoption.

The film will be released in early 2008, but in the meantime, we invite you to browse the links at right to learn more about transracial adoption. These resources range from explanations of the adoption process to articles on racial identity in transracial adoptees to video clips of adoption experts discussing common issues such as attachment and abandonment. We hope these resources prove useful to anyone who has adopted or is considering adoption. Feel free to email us with suggestions.

Articles: Domestic Adoption in Korea Exceeds Overseas for the First Time From The Korea Times: The number of orphans adopted last year declined from a year ago, falling for the sixth consecutive year. But a greater number of orphans found a new family here than overseas for the first time. Also, about 77 percent of elementary, middle and high school students studied at cram schools and other privately […] Also recently added... New Article Posted: “Nurturing Healthy Racial Identity Development…” by Jane Brown, MSW. From Anti-Racist Parent: “T-Shirts that trivialize the transracial adoptee experience”, and from New Demographic: “Is America ready for a *real* discussion of race?” Seeing Pink: Gender Stereotyping in Toys 2 Articles on Changes in International Adoption in the US - Adopting from Vietnam, and a Rise in Domestic Adoptions.

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