Adoption: What You Should Know has been divided into five sections, revealing the making of the global overseas child welfare system throughout time, starting in Europe, America, South Korea (Asia), and today, finally, in Africa. Learn how religious folks, like Harry Holt (1954), spearheaded overseas adoption programs that have exploded into a worldwide in-demand phenomenon but blatantly ignore inherent and natural human rights (a.k.a. God's laws) for patriarchal and evangelical dreams and continue to violate the correct interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Most of us have heard the positive side of international adoption in the United States. Clips of children being sent into the arms of loving Americans can be found all over the internet. But did you know that in other parts of the world, the indigenous and less fortunate communities view overseas adoption as a violation of their natural, inherent, and God-given rights to family and community? Gain a bird's-eye view of the hidden side of the practice here.

Chapters:

1. "Given the Runaround"

2. "Support from a Mother"

Part 1: Orphan Ships, 1618 Europe

3. "Lost Children of the Empire"

4. "Empty Cradles"

5. "A Romanian Mother Waits"

6. "The Love Affair with Adoption"

Part 2: Orphan Trains, 1854 America

7. "The Emigration Plan"

8. "Mail-Order Kids"

9. "When Demand Turns from Boys to Girls"

10. "American Herstory"

11. "A Single Piece of Information"

12. "I'm Not Giving Up on Any Adoptee."

Part 3: Orphan Planes, 1954 Asia

13. "The Making of North Korea | South Korea"

14. "South Korea's First Adoptive Father"

15. "Hammering Down Adoption Culture"

16. "The Chosen One"

Part 4: Orphan Trafficking, Today Africa

17. "What's Been Trending"

18. "Trained with a Teddy Bear"

19. "They Call Us Anti-Adoption"

20. "Message from a Real Ethiopian Orphan"

Part 5: Walk in Awareness

21. "Walkabout"

22. "Apologies"