The Concept of Shame. There has been a great deal of attention lately, all around the world, about the plight of birth mothers and how badly treated they are in most cultures and countries. For some people it is impossible to imagine that mothers relinquish their children — but they always have, and probably always will, for many reasons. No matter what the circumstances that surrounded the birth mothers decision to relinquish, they share one emotion, and that is shame. Actually, these birth children who become adopted also share this strong emotion of shame. This makes no sense, since no child asks to be relinquished or adopted, but almost every adopted child thinks that they had something to do with their relinquishment, and this produces the feeling of shame. Wise adoptive parents know this, and help their child understand that they do not need to own this toxic emotion, as they were completely innocent in their mother’s decision to relinquish. I became very interested in the concept of shame as it relates to the Korean culture. I have asked freelance writer, Tony Marino, to research this topic and write about it. I think you will be fascinated in what he Read more