Not every child born to a family offers the same opportunities. Often children are given up at birth for various reasons. These children are either adopted or placed in orphanages. After reading A Single Shard and “An Orphans’ Lonely Beginning”, it is clear the impacts not having a family will make on a child. Every child deserves a loving family that can obtain financial stability, but not every child is able to have that privilege. Children all around the world are given up for various reasons. In, A Single Shard, Tree-ear was given up at a young age, and given to his permanent caregiver, Crane-man. With Tree-ear being the only child Crane-man took care of, there was no need to compete for attention. Since he did not have to compete for
