LEADER 03863nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910824594903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-86061-5 010 $a9786612860614 010 $a0-7735-7038-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773570382 035 $a(CKB)1000000000244989 035 $a(OCoLC)76898634 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10119940 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282599 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194851 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282599 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10318537 035 $a(PQKB)11733177 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400289 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521545 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330668 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132851 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286061 035 $a(OCoLC)929120593 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/wxbtd5 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400289 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330668 035 $a(DE-B1597)655091 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773570382 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243572 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000244989 100 $a20030403d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOur son, a stranger $eadoption breakdown and its effects on parents /$fMarie Adams 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7735-2400-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-206) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tFamily Profiles -- $tThe Adams Family -- $tThe Roethler Family -- $tThe Brooks Family -- $tThe Graves Family -- $tThe Verdan Family -- $tThe Pelligrini Family -- $tConclusions -- $tWhy Do Some People Adopt? -- $tThe Effects of Adoption Breakdown on Parents -- $tThe Search for Answers -- $tApplying What We Learned -- $tEpilogue -- $tMy Personal Advice for Parents -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 1973 Marie and Rod Adams, brimming with idealism and keenly aware of the plight of disadvantaged aboriginal children, adopted Tim, a young Cree boy, two and one half years old. Tim began displaying severe behavioural problems almost immediately, problems that, despite their efforts to find help, only became worse over the years. He left home at the age of twelve and died on the streets when he was twenty-one. Devastated by their loss, the Adams began to search for answers as to why things had gone so horribly wrong. In Our Son, a Stranger Marie Adams describes five white couples whose adoptions of native children failed to meet their expectations. Using her own experiences as background, she casts a critical eye on the "Sixties Scoop" when governments actively encouraged the adoption of native children by non-native parents - an estimated 95 per cent of such adoptions failed - and discusses why the special issues raised by all trans-racial adoptions need to be carefully considered. 606 $aInterracial adoption$zCanada$vCase studies 606 $aAdoptive parents$zCanada$xPsychology 606 $aIndian children$zCanada 606 $aAdoption interraciale$zCanada$vCas, Etudes de 606 $aParents adoptifs$zCanada$xPsychologie 606 $aEnfants autochtones$zCanada 615 0$aInterracial adoption 615 0$aAdoptive parents$xPsychology. 615 0$aIndian children 615 6$aAdoption interraciale 615 6$aParents adoptifs$xPsychologie. 615 6$aEnfants autochtones 676 $a362.73/4/08997071 700 $aAdams$b Marie$f1945-$01611015 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824594903321 996 $aOur son, a stranger$93939021 997 $aUNINA