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Common Difficulties Faced with Transracial Adoption Transracial adoption can be defined as placing children or infants with families of a different race than the children’s birth family (Lee, 2003; Simon & Altstein, 1996). Transracial adoptions (TRA’s) are common within the U.S. but are also common internationally. International TRA’s in the U.S. began in the 1940’s with the end of World War II (Hollingsworth, 1998). The number of international TRA’s continued to increase after later wars…

Estate Planning for Post-Divorce Individuals After a divorce, certain estate planning measures should be taken in order to ensure that your best wishes are intact in case anything unfortunate should happen. You will need to be sure that certain details are attended to, such as replacing your former spouse as a beneficiary of your will. If you are rearranging your estate and probate needs following a divorce, hiring a professional to assist you may be the best course of action. The following are…

I have owned a total of four dogs and two cats in my short eighteen years of life. To say the least, I’ve always loved animals, specifically dogs. They’re fun loving, easily excitable creatures who bring out the best in all of us. Unfortunately, many of them are without families living in pounds and worst, some are living in abusive homes. After many years of weeping to Sarah McLachlan's singing, “ In the Arms of an Angel” and promising to help save the lives of the many dogs and cats without…

Parents of autistic children have shown trends of significantly reduced stress when a puppy is introduced to the family as a family pet (Wright et al., 2015). Autism is a mental disorder that limits the person with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, with social and behavioral interactions. (Wright et al., 2015). Most autistic children with severe autism can benefit from the services that service dogs offer, however, some autistic children don’t require a service dog. Children with less severe autism…

A Synopsis on Adoption The concept of adoption is not new to humanity, while it continually evolves and sparks debate, as cultural climates are far from static. Historically, adoption dates back centuries, yet, its role in the Unites States has progressed. Adoption encompasses three sets of lives, consisting of the birth parent(s), adoptive parents, and the adoptee, thus, forming what is known as a triad. Moreover, it has theological roots, and all facets of the triad can result in both…

themselves desiring to pursue an adoption each and every year. While there are some differences in the statutes and regulations governing adoption from one state to another, there are also a number of elements that all of the states have in common. By way of this article, an overview of the common elements of adoption law is provided. Armed with this information a person will be in the best position to pursue the adoption of a child. The first step in any adoption process is the termination of…

Adoption The term adoption is very controversial around the world. Many people think that if someone adopts a child it will never be the same as having their own or by the natural way. As any other topic in the world, is debatable and does not have to be be right or wrong, it is based on opinions. The truth is that there are two points of view. The first is that of the mother that has to give her baby in adoption and the second is the one of the mother that has to adopt a child. Even though…

Dolores M. Schmidt, James A. Rosenthal, and Beth Bombeck conducted a qualitative study on adoption disruption through an in-depth interview process with 15 adoptive parents of children aged 4 to 17. As stated in the article, (Schmidt, Rosenthal, & Bombeck, 1988) "The interview consisted of 15 semi-structured, open-ended questions which were asked of the parents" (p.121). Many of these questions included ideas of expectations parents had of their child, amount of information they received from…

R/s on 09/02/15, Dartagnan was granted custody of his children Breonna (7) and Darian (6). R/s Dartagnan sells drugs from the home. R/s Dartagnan car was shot up, the bullet holes are noticeable. R/s Dartagnan lives in a two bedroom home with his mother Annie and nephew Javontae. R/s one child sleeps in the bed with Dartagnan and the other one sleeps with the grandmother. R/s Dartagnan has his family members and strangers take the children to school and other places. R/s the children were…

international adoption, and the treaty represents what may be put in place to positively shape the operation. The ways that all of these people are impacted by this practice can lead to controversial points. As intercountry adoption is widening it opens up for possible illegal activity. The people who realize the issue and want to fix the troubles against those who just want to close the process once it shows corruption presents opposing sides. The controversy of International adoption leads…