He suggests that some adopted children have the perspective to view their adoption as a blessing.

“But you could also be another child who went through the same abandonment that you went through and saw your adoptive parents as a blessing. And was so grateful for that.”

Dallin views adoption as a positive path forward that allows the family to move past the struggles of infertility.

“it's not giving up and it's just could be a shift in plans and after talking with them I was like I got extremely excited I was like this is right like it all like came together and felt right after just understanding that like there's other ways to start a family and grow a family”

Kenzie advocates for adoption as a primary path for starting a family, regardless of her biological ability to have children.

“I was like no I'm really like dead set on adoption regardless of being able to have kids or not like that's something that I felt from a very young age”

Maverick supports the idea of adopting a child from another country.

“if we can afford to adopt a baby from another country yeah it's not like I feel like we have to but it's like hey we can do this and maybe other people can't so like maybe we should do that”

His adoptive parents provided the necessary stability and honesty that allowed him to heal from his traumatic background.

“My adopted parents were always honest with me, which I remembered a lot of it, but even as I got older, they would be sure and tell me when I had questions, hard questions. They'd tell me the truth. And you know, back then that was hard to hear sometimes. But as an adult looking back, I'm thankful f”

Kristen asserts that she did not knowingly sign adoption papers and was manipulated or coerced into the process.

“I don't remember signing any adoption papers for my daughter I was supposed to be present when the adoption was finalized nobody called me no one told me anything I believe it was illegal I do have suspicions that they drugged me”

The host claims that the transnational adoption industry is complex and involves significant ethical problems, including instances of corruption and exploitation.

“it turns out that transnational adoption isn't always the fairy tale happy ending that advocates pitch it as. Right. First of all, studies show that adoptees of are higher rates of depression and mental anxiety than non adoptees.”

Mavis believes her adoption was arranged by a corrupt psychiatrist solely for his own financial gain, exploiting her adoptive mother.

“He convinced her that adopting a baby would take care of everything and he brokered this adoption for his profit and he was later exposed. He was in the Chicago Tribune headlines and for that it was for nursing home scams and abuse.”

Georgia Tann significantly expanded and popularized adoption in America by branding the children as blank slates rather than tainted products of sin.

“She said that they were not children of sin. They were not genetically flawed. They were blank slates. They were born untainted. And if you surround them with beauty and culture, they will become anything you want them to be.”

Stacy maintains that the adoption process was conducted entirely legally and was thoroughly documented.

“Our adoption was a very thorough very legal adoption we followed everything that our attorney told us to do Kristen was provided copies of all the paperwork at the time that she signed them”