Adoptive Parent Survey
These answers will remain confidential. In exchange for your participation in this survey, you will receive a FREE e-book of The Prodigal Daughter upon its release. You will also have the choice to be in the acknowledgments. *Answer only the questions you are comfortable with.
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1. Acknowledgements – please provide your name or how you’d like to be acknowledged (initials, etc.). If you would prefer not to be included, enter N/A.*

1. Acknowledgements – please provide your name or how you’d like to be acknowledged (initials, etc.). If you would prefer not to be included, enter N/A.*

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2. Email to provide the free E-book when it is available (Feb 2024)*

2. Email to provide the free E-book when it is available (Feb 2024)*

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3. Would you be willing to be a sensitivity reader? A sensitivity reader is a person who reads and evaluates a manuscript with the goal of identifying potentially problematic or offensive content aspects of identity. The reader provides feedback to the author or publisher, highlighting areas where the work may be inaccurate, insensitive, or offensive to certain communities or individuals. The goal of using a sensitivity reader is to ensure that the work is respectful, accurate, and inclusive, and to help prevent unintentional harm or offense to readers.

3. Would you be willing to be a sensitivity reader? A sensitivity reader is a person who reads and evaluates a manuscript with the goal of identifying potentially problematic or offensive content aspects of identity. The reader provides feedback to the author or publisher, highlighting areas where the work may be inaccurate, insensitive, or offensive to certain communities or individuals. The goal of using a sensitivity reader is to ensure that the work is respectful, accurate, and inclusive, and to help prevent unintentional harm or offense to readers.

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4. What is your age? (Two numbers)

4. What is your age? (Two numbers)

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5. What is your gender?

5. What is your gender?

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6. What is your ethnicity?

6. What is your ethnicity?

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7. What is your adoption status (e.g., domestic, international, transracial, open, closed)?

7. What is your adoption status (e.g., domestic, international, transracial, open, closed)?

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8. How long did the adoption process take for you?

8. How long did the adoption process take for you?

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9. What challenges did you encounter during the adoption process?

9. What challenges did you encounter during the adoption process?

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10. For law research – what year did the adoption take place? (4 digit YYYY)

10. For law research – what year did the adoption take place? (4 digit YYYY)

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11. How has your relationship with your child evolved since the adoption?

11. How has your relationship with your child evolved since the adoption?

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12. Have you encountered any challenges related to raising an adopted child? If so, what were they?

12. Have you encountered any challenges related to raising an adopted child? If so, what were they?

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13. How have you navigated issues related to identity for your adopted child?

13. How have you navigated issues related to identity for your adopted child?

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14. How do you feel about adoption as a means of family formation?

14. How do you feel about adoption as a means of family formation?

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15. Do you think the adoption process is fair and transparent?

15. Do you think the adoption process is fair and transparent?

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16. Do you believe that adopted children face unique challenges?

16. Do you believe that adopted children face unique challenges?

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17. Do you believe that adoption should be more or less accessible to people?

17. Do you believe that adoption should be more or less accessible to people?

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18. Do you think that adopted children should have access to information about their birth families?

18. Do you think that adopted children should have access to information about their birth families?

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19. Any other information you believe would be valuable to know in shaping the characters of this fictional work?

19. Any other information you believe would be valuable to know in shaping the characters of this fictional work?

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