Foster care adoption

In the article “Childfree by Choice” by Kelly J. Welch, she discusses why men and women decide not to have children. It is becoming increasingly popular among not only the United States, but other countries such as Australia. Some common celebrities who have opted out of having children include Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, and Steve Martin. There has been little research into the motives of women and men who voluntarily choose to be childfree. Of the research that has been conducted, Rathus…

Here is a main concern that I have with foster children that are still in foster care and they become parents that are still awarded of the state as I was doing my research I found this article very interesting. “The state has numerous responsibilities to children and youth in, and emancipating from, foster care. Ensuring a foster child 's medical welfare is among the most imperative of the state 's obligations. Pregnancy prevention is a unique component of medical welfare and long-term…

Adoption is the process of taking legal, responsibility care for a child of someone else. In the United States, adoption has ranged from a low 50,000 in 1944, to a high 175,00 in 1970. In the 1990s to the early 2000s, the number of adoptions remained at 120,000 more per year. By the late 2000s, this number rose to more than 130,000 per year. Although adopting could be the best thing that could happen to a child, there are also many disadvantages about the process. Adopting a child could help…

Mary Smolnisky Period 2 American Lit 26 February 2018 Should Gay Adoption be allowed Many people argue if it’s right to let gay couples adopt children because of religious reasons. Gay adoption means having two homosexuals take care of and add a child to their growing families. Gay adoption is legal but some people still deny the gay couples the right of adopting a child. Consider that there are roughly 400,000 orphans in the U.S alone. People could really lower that amount if…

International Adoption Several years ago in a small town in Cambodia, a young woman by the name of Beatriz falls to her knees as the tears begin to pour down onto the dirt-covered floor of her home. She is only a girl and knows that she will not be able to take care of another human being especially in this unsafe town. Beatriz and many of the other residents in her village are simply deprived of the necessities that one would use to raise a child; clean water, plenty of food and medicine.…

family and pursues outcomes in the “best interest of the children.” The outcome of a family law dispute can change a child’s life forever. Family law has a broad range of topics that include pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements, divorce, adoption, and other topics. Family law is governed by each state, but there are some areas of family law that have been federalized. Native Americans have faced adversity throughout history and the ability for U.S. recognized tribes to have…

Orphanages and foster care are both terms that are frequently thrown around interchangeably, but in fact, they both describe two different methods of child care. An orphanage is an institution that is regulated by the state and federal government. This institution, where children live, is supervised by an adult staff and the needs for food, shelter, and medical care are taken care of by the institution. The foster care system or foster home is a home where children are placed temporarily due to…

to argue that biased decision making or institutionalized racism are (or are not) at play. The parties involved in this research hope to use the disparity index to fully explain the over and under-representation of black versus non-blacks in the foster care system. A strength of the study was however, that if the disproportionality metric formula and the disparity index are used together, biases with regards to small or large population variables can serve to correct the disparity…

families are part of a community, and that community is part of the society. In order to really be able to help these young children it is essential to understand how these social systems are interconnected and affect the child directly. The current foster care system sees separation from the caregiver as the most viable intervention, however, this at best addresses the problem on a short term basis and does not enact true change. When designing an intervention it is fundamental to take a…

Bayron. The narrative of the report states, “Today, 07-21-15 foster child, Lisa (age 3) has visible bruises on her cheek, buttocks, and legs. Lisa 's injuries were inflicted by foster mother, Dinora. Roles of Amy and Wendy are unknown. Jing Xiu has no role.” Ms. Bayron has four prior cases with the New York City Administration for Children’s Services. 5/21/15- the allegation of inadequate guardianship against Dinor Bayron regarding foster child, Lisa Li, was unsubstantiated. 5/24/07- the…