Wednesday, August 31, 2011

An Open Letter to Nancy Verrier

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Dear Nancy: As you probably know, some of your strong supporters are very mad at me for contradicting the idea that adoptees suffer from ...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Examining Unconventional Theories: More on the "Primal Wound"

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Like many other unorthodox belief systems, Nancy Verrier’s “Primal Wound” theory just keeps on keeping on in spite of clear evidence that ...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

A Russian Adoptee, Child Abuse, RAD, and MAD

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In an all too common scenario, the Alaskan adoptive mother of a Russian child is on trial for child abuse, and her defense argues that the c...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

When Will My Baby Understand....?

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Concerned parents (and what other kind is there, really?) pore over lists of developmental milestones, checking out the average age for the ...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Holding Therapy in the UK

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For an audio account of his experiences by a young man who when in his early teens was given holding therapy in a well-known UK residential ...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Back to School, Maybe for the First Time

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I recently participated in a very pleasant interview/discussion with a representative of the organization care.com. We talked about issues b...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

More on the Russia-US Adoption Treaty

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When I commented a few weeks ago on the need for the conditions of foreign-adopted children to receive independent monitoring, rather than m...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Adoption, Trust, Complacency, and the Barahona Case

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While most of the nation was intensely involved with the trial of Casey Anthony in Florida, another case in the same state got much less att...
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Monday, July 25, 2011

Behind the Norwegian Terrorist: The Grande Dame of Conspiracy Theory

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I really don’t believe in “synchronicity”, but I made a find that startled me yesterday. I turned on my laptop and saw headlines about the N...
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Monday, July 18, 2011

What About the Fathers? The Anthony Case and Danieal Kelly

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I confess that I winced away from watching the Casey Anthony trial and only inadvertently picked up information from people who wanted to te...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Eye Contact With Babies: What, When, Why, and How

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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS TOPIC, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING FIRST! IF YOU HAVE ALREADY COMMENTED AND DO NOT SEE YOUR QUERY OR MY ...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

The Russian-U.S. Adoption Treaty: The Psychological Evaluation Issue

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After a considerable period of discord, and a history of disasters for children adopted to the United States from Russian institutions, Russ...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

RAD on Youtube; or, Caveat Spectator

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“Open source” mental health information on Wikipedia is problematic enough, as I’ve written elsewhere, but at least it tends to be watched a...
Thursday, July 7, 2011

Monkeys or Mamas? It's a Toss-Up for Newborns

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There’s been a lot of discussion about whether newborn humans recognize their mothers’ voices, or anything else about them, The voice issue ...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

That Lawsuit Again: Ronald S. Federici vs. A Crowd of Critics

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Some readers may remember a lawsuit for defamation filed against me and a number of other people, part of which I attempted to describe at h...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Adoptive Parents Feeding Survey

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The SPOON Foundation has asked me to invite any readers who are adoptive parents to take a quick survey about foods you used to help the tra...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Creepy Crawlies: Response to Jessica's Comment

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On the comments for “Jean Talks!” post from several days ago, Jessica has asked an important question-- which I would answer right there if ...
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Book Review: "Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids"

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I’m bemused. I’ve just been reading the anti-Amy-Chua, Bryan Caplan, whose “Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids” declares that parenting shoul...