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[FONT=Arial]Screening Monday 22 June 2009 10.05pmTV program, Compass, airs tonight on ABC TV (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Here's the intro from the ABC web site:[/FONT][FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Passport To ParenthoodCompass explores the changing nature of inter-country adoption in Australia. In the 1970s hundreds of babies were airlifted out of Vietnam for adoption by Australian families. Today increasing affluence in the developing world, and tighter controls on adoption procedures mean fewer babies are available to would-be Australian parents. It's no longer common for overseas babies to be adopted. They are more likely to be young children. This program explores what happens when a child is adopted out of its birth culture, and examines whether an adopting parent has an obligation to manage ongoing relationships with their child's birth parents and culture.[/FONT][URL="http://www.abc.net.au/compass/comingup.htm"][FONT=Arial]http://www.abc.net.au/compass/comingup.htm[/FONT][/URL]
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I just saw the program and thought it was quite well done. Perspectives of two inter-country adoptive parents as well as two inter-country adoptees. Topics covered include issues of cross-cultural identity, losses and gains, questions about one's heritage, birthdate, concerns of inter-country adoption becoming a 'demand driven' business/industry, etc; If you'd like to see the program, the ABC typically posts the transcript and digital video of the program the following week in the Past Episodes section of their web site [URL="http://www.abc.net.au/compass/pastepisodes.htm"]Compass - Past Episodes - ABC TV[/URL]
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