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Birth Fathers and their Adoption Experiences of relatedinterest Engaging with Fathers PracticeIssuesforHealthandSocialCare BrigidDanielandJulieTaylor ISBN1853027944 Lesbian and Gay Fostering and Adoption ExtraordinaryYetOrdinary EditedbyStephenHicksandJanetMcDermott ISBN185302600X The Dynamics of Adoption SocialandPersonalPerspectives EditedbyAmalTreacherandIlanKatz ISBN1853027820 The Adoption Experience FamiliesWhoGiveChildrenaSecondChance AnnMorris AdoptionUK PublishedinassociationwithTheDailyTelegraph ISBN1853027839 Experiences of Donor Conception Parents,OffspringandDonorsthroughtheYears CarolineLorbach ISBN184310122 Child Adoption AGuidebookforAdoptiveParentsandtheirAdvisers R.A.C.Hoksbergen ISBN1853024155 Birth Fathers and their Adoption Experiences Gary Clapton Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedinany materialform(includingphotocopyingorstoringitinanymediumby electronicmeansandwhetherornottransientlyorincidentallytosomeother useofthispublication)withoutthewrittenpermissionofthecopyrightowner exceptinaccordancewiththeprovisionsoftheCopyright,Designsand PatentsAct1988orunderthetermsofalicenceissuedbytheCopyright LicensingAgencyLtd,90TottenhamCourtRoad,London,EnglandW1P 9HE.Applicationsforthecopyrightowner’swrittenpermissiontoreproduce anypartofthispublicationshouldbeaddressedtothepublisher. Warning:Thedoingofanunauthorisedactinrelationtoacopyrightwork mayresultinbothacivilclaimfordamagesandcriminalprosecution. TherightofGaryClaptontobeidentifiedasauthorofthisworkhasbeen assertedbyhiminaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct 1988. FirstpublishedintheUnitedKingdomin2003 byJessicaKingsleyPublishersLtd 116PentonvilleRoad LondonN19JB,England and 325ChestnutStreet Philadelphia,PA19106,USA www.jkp.com Copyright©2003GaryClapton LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData ACIPcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN1843100126 PrintedandBoundinGreatBritainby AthenaeumPress,Gateshead,TyneandWear Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6 Part I Introduction: Adoption and Birth Parents, Birth Fathers and Fatherhood 1 Introduction 11 2 Adoption and Birth Parents:From Out of the Shadows 17 3 Birth Fathers:What Do We Know? 29 4 Fatherhood Today 47 Part II The Life Experiences of Birth Fathers 5 The Birth Fathers,the Pregnancy and the Birth of the Child 63 6 The Adoption 89 7 Life After Adoption 125 8 Birth Father and Child:Towards Meeting and the Meanings of Contact 155 Part III Birth Father Narratives: The Implications 9 Understanding Men and Fathers 191 10 Working with Fathers 201 REFERENCES 213 SUBJECTINDEX 229 AUTHORINDEX 233 Acknowledgements Myfriendsandfamilyareduepraiseandthanksfortheirpatience and forbearance. This especially applies to Lawrie and Jamie. Maggie Mellon’s contributions and encouragement have been instrumental.ProfessorMalcolmHillisespeciallythankedforhis editorial advice. Tothe30birthfatherswhoparticipatedinthestudypraiseand gratitude are due: praise for being honest about matters that are difficulttotalkaboutandgratitudeforreplyingtomyappealand being willing to share such sensitive thoughts and feelings. Finally,IwanttothankJane.Hercontactwithmesetinmotion theideasforthiswork.Ourcontinuingrelationshipisamatterof great importance in my life. For Jane

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Virtually all literature about birth parents of adopted children has focused on mothers. In this pioneering study, Gary Clapton gives us a fresh perspective: he recounts the experiences of thirty birth fathers separated from their children at birth, and suggests ways of applying this knowledge to wo

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Virtually all literature about birth parents of adopted children has focused on mothers. In this pioneering study, Gary Clapton gives us a fresh perspective: he recounts the experiences of thirty birth fathers separated from their children at birth, and suggests ways of applying this knowledge to wo

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