Adoption from the perspective of the child and his biological parents

Obitelj i odnosi vezani uz obitelj, teme su koje su vrlo aktualne u javnom diskursu, ali i u brojnim istraživanjima. Iako obitelj ima važnu ulogu u čovjekovu životu, nemaju sva djeca mogućnost ostvarivanja kvalitetnih obiteljskih odnosa. Posvojenje predstavlja trajni oblik osiguravanja skrbi za dijete i na njega se gleda kao na plemenit čin, no ono je vrlo često težak proces za dijete i njegove biološke roditelje koje ostavlja duboke i dugotrajne posljedice i gubitke. Zbog toga, ovaj rad nastoji temeljem rezultata dostupnih istraživanja istaknuti neke od okolnosti zbog kojih su roditelji dali svoj pristanak da im dijete bude posvojeno ili zbog kojih im je oduzeta roditeljska skrb. Osim toga, cilj ovog rada je vidjeti ulogu roditelja i djeteta u procesu posvojenja, kakve posljedica ono ostavlja na njih, kako se prilagođavaju novonastalim okolnostima te kako se nose s gubicima i ostalim izazovima popraćenim posvojenjem jer ovo je proces koji neupitno utječe na živote nekolicine ljudi.Family and family-related relationships are topics that are very current in public discourse and in numerous researches. Although the family plays an important role in a person's life, not all children have the opportunity to have quality family relationships. Adoption represents a permanent form of providing care for a child and is seen as a noble act, but it is very often a difficult process for the child and his biological parents, which leaves deep and long-lasting consequences and losses. For this reason, this paper tries to highlight, based on the results of available research, some of the circumstances due to which parents gave their consent for their child to be adopted or due to which parental care was taken away from them. In addition, the goal of this paper is to see the role of parents and children in the adoption process, what consequences it has on them, how they adapt to new circumstances and how they cope with losses and other challenges accompanied by adoption, because this is a process that undoubtedly affects the lives of several people