The Chosen Baby

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Summary: Misleading and outdated adoption story
Review: Although this book was widely used and recommended years ago, it is a terrible adoption story to pass on today. As an adoptee, I was also given this book by my parents to help explain my adoption. But there are some very important elements missing from this story. First, the birthmother is completely absent. What is not documented in this story is the thousands of birthmothers who were pressured into relinquishing their children for adoption.

Second, the adopted child is never "born," he comes directly from the adoption agency. As a child, I had the idea that I was "chosen" from the agency just like my parents would go to the grocery store and choose their dinner.

Today, open adoptions are encouraged, and we are finally recognizing the importance of biological connection and adoptees need to understand their origins. There are better books available that recognize this fact and more appropriately explain adoption in today's context.

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Summary: Best Book Ever Written @ Adoption !!!
Review: I read this book to my adopted children 45 years ago. It was great to find a book that stressed the chosen aspect for them and helped to make them feel like the very special people they were. Now I want a copy to give to a young couple who have recently adopted a little boy. I hope Amazon can help me so I can help someone else.

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Summary: "A chosen baby"
Review: I remember reading this book as a small child and it helps young children to understand what a blessing they are to their parents.

Adoption 30 years ago was different than it is today, and this book touches on what was "acceptable" for the times. I have since met my birth-mother and that experience was fulfilling.

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Summary: Misleading and outdated adoption story
Review: In its day, this book was perfect for introducing the concept of adoption to children (that is, children born before 1980). Newer books offer colorful artwork and a more up-to-date story (How many couples today adopt not one, but two newborn babies without traveling out of the country!?) but the attraction of this book lies in the nostalgia of now-adult adoptees who knew the story when they were young. This is their story.

I had the 1939 edition; this edition was not available until I was well beyond the read-to-me stage. By the time I could read it myself, I knew the story by heart.

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Summary: The Chosen Baby
Review: When I was adopted I was given this book. Of course, that was in the nineteen forties. This book has little value today describing the adoption process for children. At the time, however, it was excellent. I keep it as a memory.

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Summary: The Chosen Baby
Review: When I was adopted I was given this book. Of course, that was in the nineteen forties. This book has little value today describing the adoption process for children. At the time, however, it was excellent. I keep it as a memory.