What the Research on Adult Adoptees Can Teach Us

Podcast: Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care · Creating a Family

Opublikowano: 2026-10-21

Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! What can research on adult adoptees teach us about adoption across the lifespan? In this episode, adoption researcher and adult adoptee Dr. JaeRan Kim joins us to explore what adoptees’ experiences can teach families and professionals long after placement and finalization. We discuss adoption disruption and displacement from the adoptee perspective, the importance of relational and cultural permanency, how becoming a parent can reshape an adoptee’s understanding of their own adoption and loss, and what researchers are learning about adoptees who choose to adopt themselves. Throughout the conversation, Dr. Kim chal...