Open adoption

Since someone else raised the dog, it is important to find a good match between owner and pet. Rescue dogs tend to be social, playful, and healthy due to the reasoning that they are in foster care and receive training and great medical care until adoption (Myers). Before the dog is adopted, it is taught how to behave and play kindly with kids as well as other animals. Adopted dogs, in most cases, are healthy because they are not inbred. In fact, only 25% of dogs in rescues are purebreds; the…

courtyard. This event is a celebration of animals and will focus on the benefits of children having pets and age appropriate guidelines and tips. Attendees are encouraged to bring pet food donations to benefit local animal shelters. This event is free and open to the public. Families are also encouraged to bring their own pets. Dogs must be on leashes. Small pets and cats must be in carriers or secured. Lena Pope will be providing goodie bags for those who attend and will be given out on a…

My experience with the adoption process was pretty pleasant experience, but I suppose it should have been for four year old. Although my experience was a good one, it wasn't so easy for my parents. It took them two years of trials before they could even think about looking for a child/ children. Once they were through the trials they had to wait on a case worker to be assigned to them, that took from 2-3 months. After two years and three months my parents were finally able to look at children,…

buildings on the property have been stolen. The ranch is high fenced to keep the deer population in, and many times through out the year we have to repair holes in the fence that immigrants have cut/tore in order to get through. Reading this book opens my eyes to what these immigrants actually have to go through, but they do not have to steal or damage other people’s property while they are trying to complete their journey. It is unfair to both sides: one the Americans who now have to pay to…

Similarities in Tales of Captivity in 17th Century North America Writings by Mary White Rowlandson and Pierre-Esprit Radisson, colonists taken prisoners by the natives in North America during the 18th century, help to show the similarities in the situations experienced by those captured. One similarity seen in their experiences is that they each found natives that gave them mercy when they each were in desperate times of need. Also, both narratives show how captivity often brought out the…

Mrs. Santiago and hangs up the phone. Mrs. Rodriguez goes and tells her husband what they need to do in order to adopt Adriana. She tells Mr. Rodriguez, “Mrs. Santiago is sending over the first set of paperwork that we need to fill out to start the adoption process. When we are done with them, we have to go bring them to her and have an interview with her. Oh, and we also have to spend more time with Adriana so that she is comfortable with us.” “Ok good to know. Anything else that we have to…

In “Out of Sorts: Adoption and (Un) Desirable Children” by Katherin M. Flower Kim, Kim presents how racism influences and affects the decisions within the adoption process among white parents in the United States. In the recent years, adoption has become increasingly popular among those who would like to start a family with children and either are unable to do so themselves or would like add a child in need of a family. Issues arise when certain races of children become more desirable than…

Last year the American taxpayers spent twenty-two billion dollars on foster care programs (ABC News 1). It’s a slightly sizeable amount, but it is put to shame when compared to the 600 billion dollars spent on the US Military last year (National Priorities Project 1) . Regardless, I have a solution for this seemingly excessively unnecessary spending. Even Wade Horn, the highest ranking federal official in charge of foster care says the foster care system is a giant mess and should just be blown…

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…

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…