Feelings of loss, grief, rejection and shame as well as identity issues, intimacy problems and problems with the evolution of self - control are all identified as life - long issues for adoptees, natural parents and even for the people who adopt in Deborah N. Silverstein and Sharon Kaplan's «Lifelong Issues in Adoption» available on the internet. (exiledmothers.com)
Preparing Emotionally for and Initiating the Search Schooler (2008) In Journeys After Adoption: Understanding Lifelong Issues View Abstract Includes strategies for preparing emotionally and initiating a search for birth parents. (childwelfare.gov)
Making the Decision: To Search or Not to Search Schooler (2008) In Journeys After Adoption: Understanding Lifelong Issues View Abstract Discusses reasons why adopted people search for birth parents and reasons some choose not to search. (childwelfare.gov)