Adoptees

As a child could you imagine what it would be like not to know your parents, or to know them but not be allowed to see them? There are many people today that are in an adoptive or foster situation, many who wonder who they are and who their parents are, sometimes this can cause problems. Other problems apply to both the child and the birth parents. Many times parents will put their kids up for adoption as a result of a current situation, financial or other. Parents of these children should be…

years, adoption became an obvious solution for not only unwed mothers but also couples dealing with infertility. Globally, England and Wales established their first formal adoption law in 1926. The Netherlands passed its law in 1956. Sweden made adoptees full members of the family in 1959. West Germany enacted its first laws in 1977. Additionally, the Asian powers opened their orphanage systems to adoption, influenced as they were by Western ideas following colonial rule and military occupation.…

Isaiah 1:17 states, “Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow” (Holy Bible; New International Version). It is understood, not only as Christians, but as human beings with morals, that doing this is completely necessary. This passage clearly states that it is imperative to take in the case of the orphans, and to take care of them. It is informing that the people’s job is to reach other people. To be reached the…

environmental factors, and drug abuse. Kendler et al. (2012) found a relationship between adopted children whose biological parents had a history of major mental illness, substance abuse, and criminal convictions and an increased risk of drug use among the adoptees. The researchers also concluded that the “risk for DA (drug abuse) in adopted children is increased by disruption in the adoptive parent-adopted child bond by death or divorce but also by a range of indices of a disrupted adoptive…

The term attachment describes a bond between individuals that is developed over time. Attachments are usually to our primary caregivers, this process is considered to be biological and present from birth (Prior and Glaser 2006). The formation of attachments is a psychological connectedness that is lasting between individuals, Bowlby (1969) Due to this, it is an integral part in the way we develop relationships. However, if adversity does disrupt our attachment development, can this have…

the child is teased about how they are different from their family, they will not know how to deal with it because “race does not matter”. Race should not matter, but in reality it does and in situations you not do not have to prepare interracial adoptees about this situation but every child needs to know about this situation. It is just at a higher risk with foster kids with different race parents. Everyone is equal, but we are all also different in many ways. It is okay for people to have…

Adoption is known to promote cognitive and emotional development in children from foster care, but policy debates remain regarding whether children adopted by gay and lesbian parents can achieve these positive outcomes. This study compared the cognitive development and behavior problems at 2, 12, and 24 months post-placement of 82 high-risk children adopted from foster care in heterosexual and gay or lesbian households. On average, children in both household types showed significant gains in…

Nature verses Nurture Nature and nurture is sometimes looked at as a dichotomy. In this paper I will provide multiple reasons why I do not feel this is accurate. The nature and nurture controversy pertains to whether biology, genes, evolution, etc. (nature) explain ones behavior and development or does ones environment, experience, caregivers, etc. (nurture) explain ones behavior and development. However, both are valid when trying to discern the major influences ones development. In professor…

The family is an intimate domestic group made up of people related to one another by bonds of blood, sexual mating, or legal ties. It has been a very resilient social unit that has survived and adapted through time. Family structure has changed notoriously during the last few decades. Statistics show that fewer Americans are getting married meanwhile sociologist study which groups are getting married in bigger numbers and its effect on society. With these changes in family structure, what used…

In the time before the enactment of the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, which addressed the issue of foster children who were aging out of foster care, there were laws that were passed to confront related problems in childcare. One of these laws was the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1985. This was an addition of the section 477 of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act (Children’s Bureau, 1987). The act funded $70 million dollars every year to states. The amount…