With seemingly ceaseless regularity nowadays, most recently in the coverage of Steve Jobs’ passing, we are inundated by conflicting messages relating to adoption. For the next few weeks, the wonder of adoption will be on display. November is National Adoption Awareness Month, so media outlets nationwide will be — and should be — writing stories about children whose lives are improved as a result of moving from foster care into permanent, loving families. President Obama will even issue a proclamation, as he and his predecessors have done routinely in past years, saying something to the effect that our country is blessed by this extraordinary institution.
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Laura Napolitano
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University - Camden
Professor and Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
Director, Family Diversity Education Council; Adjunct Faculty, Purdue University