Adoptees

Over twenty percent of children in the world either currently have or have had a mental illness. That is roughly one in five kids, or five peers in a typical twenty five person classroom. This is crucial because many mental health disorders to appear during the teen years. Being a fraction of those twenty percent, I believe that mental illness, especially in adolescents, is a serious issue that needs to be scrutinized and dealt with in a more serious manner. I know first handedly from experience…

one of the main cognitive mechanisms which allow other bodily functions which as … is attachment. Attachment is the development of a close and emotional relationship between a caregiver and child which allows further future relationships to be formed (Cassidy and Shaver, 2008) As characterised by responses to the Strange Situations (a test where the child 's reaction to a stranger is measure, both with and without the caregiver present), attachment develops in two different ways (Ainsworth,…

The author of this article, Lisa Barley, begins by saying how rewarding it is to share one’s home with a pet and its many positive benefits. Barley then goes and explains the do’s and don’ts of what people should consider before getting a pet. She details deeply to future pet owners the considerations they must take in advance of making the decision to adopt a pet. She explains that pets are a huge responsibility because they require care, feeding, exercise, grooming, and health. She also…

many more homes to kids of all races. Today, more than 40% of adoptions are transracial. Transracial adoption should be encouraged more within the United States, and other countries. When a family decides to adopt a child of the same race, it hurts adoptees - the children getting adopted, by thinning the pool of those who might adopt them. Between 2008 and 2009 in the UK, approximately 2,700 white children were adopted. This sounds very good, but if one was to compare it to only 410 mixed-race…

number of children in Sweden have been raised by foreign-born parents in last decade, almost 15% of the total population during the 1990s is another important source of children with a foreign heritage that has been the steady growing of foreign-born adoptees adding more questions to multiculturalism. Furthermore, many European leaders have declared its failure, and scholars have traced global backlash against multicultural policies, especially in European countries (Kymlicka…

although a different race. Moyer states the ex-NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) leader Rachel Dolezal telling the reporter "As members of the adoption community -- particularly those of us who identify as transracial adoptees -- we are deeply alarmed by the gross mischaracterization of this term." Helping prove the point that parents will to care for adopted…

Amenze Oronsaye Growing up, I’ve always pictured having a family of my own. I would live in a big house with my husband and four amazing kids, two boys and two girls to be exact, and our Bichpoo named Choco (yes, as in Chocolate but pronounced in a cool Spanish way). To most people, this would be like living the perfect American life with your perfect family. Why it is that when it comes to having a perfect family with adoptive children, it’s seen as “much harder”? A study by Martha A. Rueter…

Social Media America and other countries around the world are in a fast-growing technological age. In January 2015, about 2.078 billion people around the world used a form of social media (Kemp). That is a little bit over a fourth of the world's population! Celebrities are gaining followers, viral videos achieve their weekly fame, and individuals are posting their latest food confection. Social media is everywhere and is consuming the lives of many individuals. Recently, many people are…

Alcott (Little Men) show both positive and negative experiences of being adopted. The book that I would like to write would focus on the adoption experience as told by the voices of 20 or so adults who were adopted as children and would include adoptees from a variety of experiences including foreign, transracial, and foster adoption. Each chapter would summarize an adoption story and the adoptee’s life journey. One chapter…

Erik Erikson was a famous Psychologist who had a theory about psychosocial stages all humans go through. (book) The first stage spans from birth to the 1 year mark. The stage is trust vs mistrust which should determine whether or not you have faith in people or expect the worst from people. The next stage is autonomy vs shame and doubt (ages 1-3) decides whether or not you will be independent or doubtful of your abilities. Stage 3 is initiative vs guilt (ages 3 to 6) the child will either become…