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Exchange Exemplar: Making An Overseas Adoption Work

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Being a parent can induce moments of panic.  It can get far more complicated with an adopted child... especially one from another country and another culture. 

That was Claude Knobler's experience, when he and his wife brought an Ethiopian child into their home.  Nati was five years old when he got new parents and a whole new life. 

Claude Knobler tells the story in his book More Love, Less Panic: 7 Lessons I Learned About Life, Love, and Parenting After We Adopted Our Son from Ethiopia.  Claude joined us in February 2015, and we replay the interview here. 
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.