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26Apr

Adoption, Childhood Trauma, and Parenting: What I've Learned

Louise Allen

adoption, childhood, family, identity, parenting

Relationships

Louise Allen has personal experience of the care system, and now she is a foster carer herself. Here she shares her advice for others seeking to adopt and the importance of working through your own childhood trauma before becoming a parent.
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05Mar

Three Identical Strangers and the History of Twin Studies in Science

Wendy Varley

adoption, family, relationships, siblings

Relationships

Channel 4's documental Three Identical Strangers tells the story of triplets separated at birth, unknowingly the subjects of a scientific experiment into nature vs. nature
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08Dec

Can I Adopt? 9 Common Misconceptions about Adoption

Jadwiga Ball

adoption, couple, family, society

Relationships

Jadwiga Ball, CEO of Clifton Children’s Society (CCS) Adoption explains the impact of the new Government changes which are being brought in to make the adoption process easier, and dispels some of the myths around adoption. The Government Action Plan In response to the length of time that children were waiting in the care system for a new home, the government set up an expert working group in December 2011, comprising key partners from across the adoption sector to help redesign and speed up the process from initial enquiry through to assessment, with a view to...
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25Nov

Adopting Siblings: Our New Family

Rebecca

adoption, couple, family

Relationships

My husband and I have been together for nearly 17 years and married 11 years ago. Since marrying we had tried for a family but when it became clear that we wouldn’t be able to have biological children we both (separately) came to the conclusion that we would like to be considered as adoptive parents. I read information on the adoptive process and we approached our local authority and Clifton Children's Society, an adoption service who specialise in adopting siblings, for further information. After attending information sessions by both organizations we asked CCS to...
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