tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post4122693945421231175..comments2024-02-23T06:52:46.801+00:00Comments on Al Coates - Adoption:Fostering:Social Work: National Adoption Week 2016 - Long lost families 2050Al Coateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-72112759543177172432016-10-16T21:48:27.694+01:002016-10-16T21:48:27.694+01:00Hi, thanks for commenting and you're right I t...Hi, thanks for commenting and you're right I think I did answer my own question. I agree with you that not much has changed and in a lot of regards children are still a commodity. I fear that, like most can of worms you can only keep the lid on for so long. Al Coateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-57386987472706911782016-10-14T10:46:47.672+01:002016-10-14T10:46:47.672+01:00Hi Al- it's great to hear your thoughts in Nat...Hi Al- it's great to hear your thoughts in National Adoption Week. On reading your post though, I wondered if your third paragraph actually answers your second? I think, personally, that the narrative of adoption hasnt changed that much over the years- in fact, I think the modern day marketing of children is actively worse than some of the practices of the 50s, 60s etc. But perhaps there isn't really a right/wrong, good/bad when it comes to adoption- maybe when we apply moral judgements to anyone involved in adoption, we risk opening an ugly can of worms- one which only serves to propagate the division between adopters/adopted people/ birth families/ extended families/ professionals etc etc (ain't no such thing as a triad!) I absolutely agree though that the priority needs to be the children at the heart of adoption, it is their voices that are seldom heard, their experiences that can inform how to do things differently- it would be amazing if we could listen. Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05385554080113636700noreply@blogger.com