International adoption

Adoption has become a huge part of our society today. Adoption has increased over the past few years and it still continues to increase today. It has become more socially accepted in today’s society than it was in the past. “Adoption is the creation of a new permanent relationship between an adoptive parent and child,” (Kidshealth). “Perhaps the earliest known adoption is mentioned in the Bible when the pharaoh 's daughter adopted the baby Moses,” (Kidshealth). There are many reasons as to why…

Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, typically a child, and or animal from that person's biological or legal parent or parents, and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parent or parents (CTI Reviews). Whether it’s domestic or intercountry, finding safe, loving homes, for children has always been an intrinsic concern of humanity. In previous cultures the primary purpose of adoption was…

Many children and teens would love to find their forever family. Adoption can help this dream come true. One of the reasons a person may want to consider adoption is if they are unable to have their own biological children. Infertility can have treatmentss, but there is only a thirty five percent success rate (Foster Care, 2016). Another reason one may consider adoption is because there are children in waiting, which means that there are children and teens who are in need of a family that will…

Although many children have a father and a mother as parent, many kids have same sex parents, just a mother, or just a father. People may think these kids have a disadvantage, but many strengths come from these families too. Adoption can be hard for these families because a large amount of people think the child won’t get as much love and support from one gender; these people believe children should have both genders in their life. I believe that kids with single parents and gay parents are…

Everyone loves a heartwarming adoption story, but many people and our government believe that a family should be kept together at all costs. The United States spends millions of dollars each year on foster care, parenting classes, and legal costs to keep children with their biological parents or relatives. UNICEF also spends millions of dollars internationally to keep children in their home countries, even though those children may spend their childhoods in an orphanage until they age out of…

peers or siblings in IQ, but their school performance and language abilities lagged behind, and more adopted children developed learning problems” (2005). The meta-analyses also observe that children’s cognitive development was impacted positively by adoption with normal cognitive competence, but prove a remarkable delay in school performance. Post-institutionalized or post-foster care children expressed mixed results through various studies. These children are often not in a stable environment,…

2017 Annotated Bibliography: Adoption Child Welfare Information Getaway. "History of Adoption Practices in the United States." History of Adoption Practices in the United States - Child Welfare Information Gateway. N.p., 2016. Web. 2 Feb. 2017. Adoption has been around for thousands of years, but adoption in the US can be traced back to the 1850s. The first adoption law in the US was in Massachusetts and was considered modern. The law recognized adoption as a legal and social…

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…

based on sexual orientation in adoption, and only five explicitly ban discrimination in foster care. Louisiana, Mississippi and Michigan prohibit same-sex couples from jointly adopting, and Nebraska, Ohio, Kentucky and Kansas restrict same-sex couples from accessing second-parent adoption.”(Congressional Documents and Publications). The times tides have been turning for LBGT couples due to the fact that only 7 states still having laws preventing the fostering or adoption of children. If America…

Adoption Imagine living in a world where your parents are already gone or your kids never existed! Many people are living in this miserable world. An official spokesman for the United Nations stated: "In less than five years, there will be more than 50 million orphans in just 16 of Africa's 53 countries¨ ( “Africa's Orphan Crisis Worsens”). According to a statistic by ASRM, “1.5 million women in the U.S., almost 6%, are infertile” (“Quick Facts About Infertility”). How would all these kids…