Welcome to my blog on adoption!  Since retiring from my practice as a private adoption practitioner, I am no longer adding additional blog entries.  However, I hope that the information contained within my past blogs will be of interest and help to those of you currently pursuing adoption.  Happy reading!                  Lori

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Voices of Youth *** Updated ***

Posted by Lori Rosove on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, In : Adoption 
Three years after starting the project to write my book on the voices of adopted youth (see my blog on September 26, 2017), I am so pleased to announce mission accomplished!  23: Voices of Adopted Youth is complete and available in print and as an e-reader!  I am so very grateful for all 23 of the youth who gave their valuable time to help make this book possible.  Click here for more details.

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Voices of Youth

Posted by Lori Rosove on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, In : Adoption 
It may have taken 16 years, but I finally feel the urge to write another book. Since Rosie continues to happily make her way into the hands of many children, I felt I should honour her for her tenacity, longevity, and stick to it-ness. Technically she should be 23 years old, right? Well, she was 7 in 2001 and so...she has to be 23 in 2017.  As a 23 year old, Rosie probably has some great insight to share with the world about her adoption experience. So, it makes perfect sense that my next boo...
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Loving My Children's Ingredients

Posted by Jordan Rosove on Thursday, February 19, 2015, In : Adoption 
I love this title! Yet another article about nature versus nurture and the impact on adopted children in Adoptive Families’ Week in Review, Feb. 13, 2015. But, in this article, it is the underlying message that got my attention: Who are your children? What do they need? – Rather than your agenda for whom they SHOULD be.

Looking at your children through their eyes is really the #1 rule for successful relationships with them. How are you supposed to meet their needs if you don’t what they ...

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Adoption Then and Now: How times have changed since writing Rosie's Family.

Posted by Lori Rosove on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, In : Adoption 

As I was packing an order of Rosie’s Family, An Adoption Story, this morning, I paused to reflect on how different my adoption practice was back in 2001 when I wrote this book.  Back then, a significant proportion, if not the majority, of people that I prepared for adoption, successfully adopted internationally.  While China, with its one child policy and open doors to international adoption, was at the forefront of the destinations that my clients chose, other Asian countries, such as Viet...


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Adopted Seven Year Old Child Repeatedly Spanked Black and Blue

Posted by Lori Rosove on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, In : Adoption 
What's the first feeling that comes to you when you read this title? Disgust, horror, fear, anger, sympathy? Perhaps all of those. What do we make of this situation? Let's get the first part out of the way. The parent, likely a full grown adult, intentionally brings physical harm to a little child. We can all agree that is just not acceptable. Now, let's get on to the fact that the child was adopted. Yes, this fact does make this situation seem even more reprehensible. Why? Well, for starters...
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A Little Compassion Can Go a Long Way

Posted by Lori Rosove on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, In : Adoption 
Who says: "The older the wiser"? I may be wrong, but lately, the number of acts of kindness I have been seeing from children far outweighs what I've been seeing from adults. In fact, I think the saying should be: "The older the more self indulgent". But, that's another topic all together. Ok, now I have a whole bunch of enemies I didn't have before writing this! But wait, stay with me on this. I'm not just getting down on us older folks for no reason. Honestly, there is reason. There is purpo...
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Being Present is the Best Present

Posted by Lori Rosove on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, In : Adoption 
Is a blog a space for one to vent about whatever is the "bugging me" issue of the day? Or, is it a public venue that encourages free thought, which can be used to inform, encourage, and inspire others? Being a democratic, liberal minded urban dweller in a conservative, public service dominated city of a privileged country, I am choosing to be absolutely politically correct in my response to that question. It is both. And thus, I begin my rant.

I have been wondering for a long time (a.k.a. one ...
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Post Adoption Blues

Posted by Lori Rosove on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, In : Adoption 
Your child's not sleeping well, you find yourself alone more than you've ever been, and you wonder if your presence in your child's life is more of a curse than a blessing. Be honest, people. Who hasn't experienced at least one of these conditions? Exhaustion, isolation, and self doubt are the accepted tenets of early parenthood, are they not? Note: I didn't say early biological parenthood. Why would these conditions apply only to those parents who gave birth to their child?  Is it possible t...
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