Normally, our relationships with our brothers and sisters are
the longest relationships in our lives, outlasting time with our
parents, and most marriages today. The sibling relationship is
emotionally powerful and critically important, giving us a sense of
continuity throughout life. So what happens when a child loses
contact not only with his or her parents, but with siblings too?
That is what happens in thousands of cases each year inside the
child welfare system. Children are surrendered by parents - or
taken by the government - and placed in the foster care system.
There, they are often separated and sent to different foster
families, or adopted by different couples. In this work, a team of
top experts details for us how this added separation futher
traumatizes children. This stellar team of internationally known
researchers - some of whom are themselves adoptees - shares with us
hard, poignant, and personal insights, as well as ways we might act
to solve this widespread problem.
Contributors address not only the importance of nurturing
sibling bonds and mental health strategies to support those
relationships, but also the legal rights of siblings to be
together, as well as issues in international adoptions. Emerging
and standing programs to encourage and facilitate adoptions that
keep siblings together are featured, as are programs that at least
enable them to stay in contact.
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