{"product_id":"9798216368151-adoption-unfiltered","title":"Adoption Unfiltered","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRevelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReveals the candid thoughts and feelings of those most  directly involved in adoptions: adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth  parents.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdoption Unfiltered\u003c\/i\u003e  authors Sara Easterly (adoptee), Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard (birth  parent), and Lori Holden (adoptive parent) interview dozens of adoptees,  birth parents, adoptive parents, social workers, therapists, and other  allies—all sharing candidly about the challenges in adoption. While  finding common ground in the sometimes-contentious space of adoption may  seem like a lofty goal, it reveals the authors’ optimistic aim: working  together with truth and transparency to move toward healing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHealing  isn’t possible, though, without first uncovering the hurts—starting  with adoption’s central players: adoptees, who are so often in pain,  suffering from what the latest brain science validates as the long-term  emotional effects of separation trauma. By encouraging others to  vulnerably share their stories, the authors discover that adoptees  aren’t the only ones in the adoption constellation who are hurting.  Birth parents regularly shut down after being shut out by adoptive  parents. Adoptive parents often struggle with unique parenting  challenges and hidden insecurity, feeling the need to hide the fact that  they are not the Super Parents they led the agency to believe they  would be. Across the industry as a whole, misinformed and even unethical  practices abound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdoption Unfiltered\u003c\/i\u003e  models the importance of adults in adoption working together in the  spirit of curiosity and empathy—to better support adoptees and their  first and adoptive families.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57029732499830,"sku":"9798216368151","price":19.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39477036.jpg?v=1768468250","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9798216368151-adoption-unfiltered","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}