Observations on Adopted Children

Understanding the concept of adoption: a qualitative analysis with adoptees and their parents

“…Their decisions to tell their children as toddlers are consistent with other researchers' findings (Bernard, 1963;Brodzinsky et al, 1981Brodzinsky et al, , 1984Mech, 1973;Melina 1989Melina , 1998Raynor, 1980;Stein and Hoopes, 1985). However, as indicated in other studies (Triseliotis, 1973;Wieder, 1977;Schechter, 1960;Peller, 1961) the current study did not address or reveal children feeling obsessed, abandoned, fears of being reclaimed which is certainly an issue that should be researched if parents are telling their young children they are adopted. Also, the next section illustrates how all sixteen parents revealed open and honest facts to his or her child(ren).…”

The Adopted Child Syndrome: A Methodological Perspective

“…(The superego is thus impaired, resulting in poor impulse control and acting out behavior.) Kirschner buttresses this formulation with conclusions made by practitioners (Brinich, 1980;Schechter, 1960;Lifton, 1994).…”

Emotionally Disturbed, Adopted Adolescents: Early Patterns of Family Adaptation

“…ALTHOUGH approximately 2 to 3.5% of children in the United States under age of 18 are adopted (22, 43), adopted children are referred for psychological treatment two to five times as frequently as their nonadopted peers. This finding has been replicated in such diverse countries as Great Britain, Israel, Poland, Sweden, and the United States (7, 9, 15, 19, 21, 29, 33, 38, 42 ‐ 44, 49, 51, 56, 57).…”