Adoption is often perceived to be a positive experience for all parties involved, but more is being written about the psychological toll adoptive parents and children face. If issues of genetic origins and biological parents are not resolved, both child development and adult adjustment would suffer. Author and adoptive parent Melanie Lee joins Lari Cannon, Adoption and Foster Care Specialist to explain the psychology of adoption.

Adoption is often perceived to be a positive experience for all parties involved, but more is being written about the psychological toll adoptive parents and children face. If issues of genetic origins and biological parents are not resolved, both child development and adult adjustment would suffer. Author and adoptive parent Melanie Lee joins Lari Cannon, Adoption and Foster Care Specialist to explain the psychology of adoption.

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