Becoming Parents - Adoption
- Grade Level: Senior High (10-12)
- Subjects: Relationships / Family / Parenting
- Produced By: Classroom Video
- Year: 2003
- Country: Australia
- Language: English
- Running Time: 22m
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Local adoptions are down, intercountry adoptions are on the rise. After IVF failed, Birthe and Guy adopted 2 Korean children through DOCS inter-country adoption program. They strive to maintain cultural links between their children and Korea. They are supported through ASIAC, a support network of other adoptive parents. Gwenda, a social worker who interviews prospective parents for DOCS over the 2 years it takes to be assessed, stresses the special needs of overseas born adoptees and the adoptive family's ability to empathise. Lynelle, a Vietnamese adult adoptee, and founder of ICASN, a support group for adoptees, stresses the adoptee's confusion in identity and their need for cultural links with their country of origin.