Dentity of the adoptee as a puzzle
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Knowing the family origin of an adopted person is a crucial step on the road to building personality. The construction of the adoptee's identity is a subject debated by the scientific literature. Is it an obstacle for the development of the adoptee's personality to be able to merge the two cultures, that of the country of origin and that of the host country? Or is it better for the adoptee to recognize himself only in the culture of the country of the adoptive parents? Adoption is perhaps too affected by a certain adult-centric contamination, often too inclined to facilitate overcoming the critical problems that adoptive parents encounter in the process of integrating the new family nucleus into the host community. And this is detrimental to the adoptee's need to recognize himself in this community and her psychological well-being. The phenomenon is also taken into consideration by European jurisprudence that recognizes the right to identity of the adopted person as a fundamental right of the person and that prepares a series of protection instruments. To date, however, the indications of the European Court of Human Rights urging national legislators to intervene in the matter have remained unanswered, leaving the situation of uncertainty unchanged. It is necessary for the adult, professional and supportive community to adequately protect the fundamental right to identity of the adopted person, understand how to protect it and open specific paths for post-adoption capable of addressing critical problems that often arise years ago. after the formal closing of the “adoption event”
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