When that didn’t work, children found themselves placed in an institution (Parker). Today that is known as Foster Care. During the Child Migration movement, we saw children being shipped to Canada homes from Great Brittan (Parker). This was the beginning of Adoption. Throughout the article, we see a change in the adoption process and how that makes it easier to adopt a child out to a family more efficiently. How does this affect the child? It means less waiting time in an institution and less time before being placed with their forever family. Some of these changes included less specific criteria for prospective parents including age and race although they had to be in a heterosexual marriage (Streit). As well, children who in the past were looked at as “not adoptable” such as handicapped children were being placed in homes (Streit). This newspaper article helps us understand that every child deserves a loving home and there are possible parents willing to love and accept each child despite the child’s
When that didn’t work, children found themselves placed in an institution (Parker). Today that is known as Foster Care. During the Child Migration movement, we saw children being shipped to Canada homes from Great Brittan (Parker). This was the beginning of Adoption. Throughout the article, we see a change in the adoption process and how that makes it easier to adopt a child out to a family more efficiently. How does this affect the child? It means less waiting time in an institution and less time before being placed with their forever family. Some of these changes included less specific criteria for prospective parents including age and race although they had to be in a heterosexual marriage (Streit). As well, children who in the past were looked at as “not adoptable” such as handicapped children were being placed in homes (Streit). This newspaper article helps us understand that every child deserves a loving home and there are possible parents willing to love and accept each child despite the child’s