Adoptees

The decision to adopt is life changing and you will be anxious to share the news but remember the adoption process can take months or even years. You may want to keep your excitement to yourself for awhile and just enjoy the journey on your own until you have specific news to share. If your family already includes children, they should hear the news before you go “public”. If you feel your child is old enough to understand, you can explain the whole process to them along with updates as things progress. Preschoolers will benefit from actually seeing a picture of the child so they can have a better connection. Toddlers respond better to receiving the news right before the baby is to come home. Unsolicited advice will be coming your way as…

A lot of times when someone finds out I have been adopted they apologize, as if they had anything to do with it or that being adopted is such a terrible thing. I was adopted from a family that could not take care of me so I was very thankful for the second chance I was given. Adoption is the act of taking something on as your own and in my case it refers to the legal process of becoming a non-biological parent. Adopting a child is not an easy process and it takes a while to complete. Since my…

Even if their biological parents are making the final decision, adoptees should not have to go through life confused and identity ridden. Open adoption provides the adoptee with information that can help them understand why their birth parents gave them up for adoption. Openness in an adoption also allows them to develop a sense of self, which is important in the development of their identity. This is not to say that closed adoption is not necessary in some cases, but open adoption should still…

widespread sealing of adoption records despite the wishes are needs of the adopted child has been a major public issue in America. The United States government started to conceal these birth records, first from the public and then from people who were named in the records stripping the adoptees of their privileged right to acquire their original birth certificates. Closing records evolved into a standard practice in the 1960’s where the state governments sought to protect biological birth…

personal between the biological and adoptive family. Open Adoption is the opposite of Closed Adoption, and it should be the only type of type of adoption in America. First, because denying the adoptees rights to their birth records violates their civil rights. Second, because the birth family is an important part of the child’s identity. Thirdly, because when adoptees become legal they will be able to make their own decisions, and should have the opportunity. Next, because many birth mothers…

explores the effects of race and racial identities on Korean adoptees in America. The way explores this argument is by exploring the stories of her fellow adoptee community in Minnesota. She first formulates her argument by first detailing the experiences of the first-generation Korean adoptee. Which was also the generation that were most connected with their birth country, however, the reason this formulates Nelson’s main argument of racial identity can be shown with assimilation.…

For the approximately 400,000 Ohio adoptees whose adoptions were finalized between 1964 and 1996, known as the closed era, a basic human right of knowing their genetic history was sealed from them for decades (Price). The law that was put in place was based off fear and the possibility of what could happen if the records were to remain open and accessible by anyone. In an injudicious effort to protect the adoptees and the adoptive parents, the records were sealed without regard to what this…

The main argument seems to address the more difficult process in finding a sense of family identity of adopted children than those not adopted. It also gives feedback of parents of adoptees in how they perceive their adopted children as part of their own. There are many sources that support Suter’s research about the interactions between adoptees and their families. The most important source that is not scholarly is the participants in the study itself. The participants are a primary source to…

important, but a child’s need and want to know their background is often required for them to have a sense of who they are. Although birth parents deserve privacy rights, adopted children should be able to meet their birth parents because they have the civil right to do so, they want and need a sense of identity, and their emotional and physical health might depend on it. Adopted children have had many troubles trying to obtain information about their background for a very long time and…

argues that even though Korean adoptees have only been depicted positively, there are various problems Korean adoptees are facing. Media especially emphasizes three things: 1) heroism of internationally adoptive parents, 2) a way of American families to be culturally enriched at a time of increasing interest in multiculturalism, 3) rescue of the Korean orphans from the “war-torn, impoverished, and culturally backward” country. Under the condition of the Cold War, the first adoptees were adopted…