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3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Outdated. Dec 11, 2008
The information in this book is horribly outdated (1940's through the 1960's). The book is far from impressive (and overly biased), which makes me wonder whether this author has any business writing on the subject.
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
From the Ignorant to the insane, anyone can publish anything! Jul 30, 2008
A guide to family preservation? I can't believe that this would ever pass as a paper written for any credible news source or college course. Either of those outlets would require real facts, supported opinions and not the imaginary stuff that is presented here. She ignores completely that some children are abandoned. The adoptive parents did not create the situation, they have opened their hearts, homes and lives for these children and have sacrificed time, resources and poured all of their love into these children. This book, if it produced any accurate information, might at least be able to present a reasonable argument, but it fails to do even that with its poor organization, poor documentation and lack of integrity. I've already said more than I should, for this book deserves no attention, no discussion and no space on the bookshelf of a reasonably educated person.
16 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Author is Ignorant May 16, 2008
I've seen her spiel on popular message boards for some time now. She is full of nothing but hate, inaccuracies, and pompous hot air.
29 of 31 found the following review helpful:
Vile, hate-spewing propaganda May 14, 2008
The first thing, as a reader of non-fiction or scholarly work, is review the credentials of the writer. Ms. DelBalzo has none. This isn't an autobiography, or even a biography, much less a scholarly work. Ms. DelBalzo has no background in the area other than feeling pity for those who have been adopted into poor situations. We can relate to that, right? What most of us can't relate to is how the writer went from feeling sympathetic to losing her mind over a subject that, by her own account, isn't even personal.
This is certainly no unbiased work: the author believes that if you cannot have biological children, you wouldn't have made a good parent anyway, and that the infertile should simply "choose a hobby" or foster children without showing them affection or welcome. One should also realize that Ms. DelBalzo advocates post-birth abortion; that is, performing infanticide on a child after birth if the parents change their mind after his or her birth. She also advocates returning the children of child molesters, abusers, rapists, and murders to their care. This is preferable, in her admitted opinion, to a child being adopted by a family. She also admits that she would try to have an adult child of her own involuntarily committed if they chose to adopt or to give a child for adoption.
With that said, this book is laced with hate. Ms. DelBalzo would have been a great propagandist of the past. She completely disregards anyone who have great biological parents; they must be brainwashed. Don't want your child? Abort. Don't believe in it, but don't want your child? Well those people don't exist in her mind. Have an adopted child? Well, you shouldn't be a teacher, or a child psychologist; Ms. DelBalzo and her ilk would never frequent your practice or let you teach a child of theirs. This book is sick, just like its author and the movement she stands for.
25 of 28 found the following review helpful:
Ignorant. Feb 28, 2008
Ignorant spewings from someone who has absolutely no business writing a book or any grasp on reality.
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