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Adoption Beyond Borders We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories. — Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale1 Some people meet the way the sky meets the earth, inevitably, and there is no stopping or holding back their love. — Louise Erdrich, Tales of Burning Love2 Adoption Beyond Borders How International Adoption Benefits Children Rebecca J. Compton 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Oxford University Press 2016 First Edition published in 2016 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Compton, Rebecca J. (Rebecca Jean), author. Adoption beyond borders : how international adoption benefits children/ Rebecca J. Compton. pages cm Includes index. ISBN 978– 0– 19– 024779– 9 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Intercountry adoption. I. Title. HV875.5.C636 2016 362.734—dc23 2015031415 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed by Sheridan, USA For Nurbolat and all the others still there Contents ■ Acknowledgments ix Part 1. The Adopted Child: Patterns of Loss and Gain 1. Introduction 3 2. Physical and Cognitive Development 19 3. Social and Emotional Development 37 4. Culture, Race, and Identity 57 Part 2. Adoptive Families: Biological, Social, and Clinical Approaches 5. Adoption and the Biology of Parenting 85 6. Adoptive Families in Society 103 vii 7. Special Needs and Interventions 123 8. Conclusions and Policy Considerations 147 Notes 167 Index 229 viii Contents Acknowledgments ■ My deepest gratitude extends to many people for their roles in making this book possible. For believing in the worth of the project and getting the book into print, I am most deeply indebted to editor Joan Bossert and her team at Oxford. I also gratefully appreciate the matchmaking assistance of agent Cecelia Cancellaro at Idea Architects. I am thankful for research assistance from Bryn Bissey, Hanaan Bing- Canar, Ellen Reinhart, Sharoda Worby- Selim, and Rob Haley and the Haverford interlibrary loan office. For scholarly support, advice, and accommodation, I hum- bly thank Haverford College then- provost Kim Benston and faculty colleagues Jen Lilgendahl, Ben Le, Marilyn Boltz, Shu- wen Wang, Wendy Sternberg, Doug Davis, and Sid Perloe. Debra Zeifman and Matthew Budman both sup- ported the project when it was just a twinkle in my eye. Diane Kunz provided helpful comments on the entire man- uscript and words of encouragement at just the right moments. ix
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