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    Adoption is the act of taking something on as your own. Adoption usually refers to the legal process of becoming a non-biological parent. To have a family you do not need to be blood. Couples that cannot have children or families that want to help children who are unfortunate to have a family of their own usually go to adoption agencies and talk to a social worker to try to adopt the right child that suites them. Social workers will research and find the best fit kid for you, also to see if you…

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    Thesis Statement The state of California does not accommodate support services for the juveniles when they have become the legal age (18), social services should be provided to them to prevent them from becoming a continued case number in the criminal justice system. A juvenile is considered an adult at the age of 18 in California, once that child reaches that age those services that were originally provided to him/her will terminate. Those support services that were provided to them when they…

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    My internship experience has been phenomenal; I am an intern at Eggleston Family Services, a foster care and adoption agency. The first week at my internship they had me review files of different children that are a part of the foster care system. These children have different background and all have experienced trauma due to abuse. Each file is organized in different section detailing the child’s personal information and court orders. It is extremely devastating to read what these children have…

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    the Indian Child Welfare Act to reduce the amount of Native American children being removed from their homes. Congress also passed the Multiethnic Placement Act to ensure child welfare agencies denying adoptive placements on the basics of race. The Adoption Assistance and Child…

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    started by the birth mother Viola McSorely, a twenty-nine year old, unmarried, trained nurse gave birth to a baby boy at 8:42 a.m. on August, 29, 1950. She later that evening signed the consent to adoption between seven and eight p.m. The natural mother McSorely “contended that she agreed to the adoption while under the influence of drugs. The trial court entered a judgment in favor of the natural mother.” Bidwell V. McSorely. 194 Va. 135, 72 S.E.2d 245 (1952).…

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    Introduction: In the mid-18th century, the way childhood was seen has changed considerably. Before the mid-18th century, Puritans believed, that humans are born sinful. They also believed that childhood was a critical period and that children literature must influence and be constructive so that to safe children’s souls. That’s why literature played an important role by providing role models. The religious way of thinking about childhood had become less influential by the mid-18th century. The…

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    In “Popular Mechanic”, Carver told us two issues in the story. However, as the Carver told us at the ending line if the story, “In this manner, the issue was decided,” the author did not make clear what ‘issue’ was ‘decided.’ The ‘issue’ that the text describes as ‘decided’ could be either the argument between the parents or the fate of the baby but not both. Both parents repeatedly say they want the baby. Hence, if the meaning of the last line can never be known, what happens in the story can…

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    The extract of ‘Anne of Green Gables’ in the ‘Outsider Reader’ describes a little orphan girl, Anne, who was living at an asylum, another word for orphanage. She is trying to get adopted, but the couple who asked for an adoption wanted a boy, not a girl. In this extract Lucy Maud Montgomery describes how Anne is treated like a thing not a person, but then as the segment progresses, she is treated better. Anne is the perfect example of an outsider who has been marginalised, and she is…

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    I never was a natural born U.S. citizen, I was actually adopted. I was born in the Hunan Province in China. It was called Ping Cheong or other known as the "oven of China". I never did figure out who my birth parents were or what they looked like, but I did know they loved me. When I was about three months old my birth mom dropped me off at a police station. See back in the day, China would only allow one child per family. Also, if you were going to have a child, you would have wanted a boy, not…

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    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…

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