Adoptive Families : An Early Childhood Educator

Adoption has always been an institution that mainly focuses on the children they take care of and their well being. Recently, adoption has been a serious issue in society, and each year less and less children from foster homes are being assigned to permanent homes. However, the dilemma our

Family and community acceptance, example if the child looks different to parents the adoptive relationship is apparent

Adoption is the act or fact of adopting or being adopted; to legally take another’s child or bring up as one’s own. When a child is adopted, that child moves permanently from one family to another family. In the process, all parental rights are legally transferred to the new parents. This means adoptive parents have the same rights and responsibilities as parents whose children were born to them. It also means adopted children have all the emotional, social, legal, and familial benefits of biological children.

Adoption is a legal process that creates a new, permanent parent-child relationship where one didn 't exist before. The adoption proceedings take place in court before a Judge. Adoption bestows on the adoptive parent(s) all the rights and responsibilities of a legal parent, and gives the child being adopted all the social, emotional, and legal rights and responsibilities of a family member. Sometimes, court language will include the words "as if born to" to describe the new parent-child relationship. Before

Adoption is the legal process whereby adults become parents to children not born to the. An adoptive parent assumes all the legal rights and responsibilities for the adopted child.

The authors talk about their research of what has mostly affected the parties of adoption and how even the adoptive parents can struggle to feel like the child belongs to them.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 2007. This act provides children waiting in foster care with permanent families through adoption. The states increased the number and proportion of adopted children that received adoption assistance because the child had a special need. The article goes over administrative data that indicates that states more diligently recorded the special needs of children as well as post adoption financial support and assistants. The paper reviews how some states found themselves in the contradictory position of promoting adoption while simultaneously cutting post- adoption support. In the next section of the article it outlines federal adoption incentives and funding for post- adoption

Design/Methodology: This exploratory design hopes to attain valuable insight on what types of post adoption services are available to families. This design is qualitative as it seeks to explore the types of services that are offered and if any have a positive influence in providing the necessary support to assist in the preservation of adoptive families. It is hoped that this results can provide a deeper understanding of which post adoption services are vital in aiding new adoptive parents to safeguard their forever family against possible challenges that lie ahead. Sampling: This study will utilize non probability convenience and purposive sampling as current or former foster parents of the Los Angeles child welfare system will be recruited through various post adoption service agencies. Eligible participants are individuals who have received post adoption services and finalized adoption with at least one child. According to Acharya et al. (2013), convenience and purposive sampling is beneficial when participation of individuals is needed to meet a certain criteria; individuals will also be easily located for the study. Two hundred former consumers of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, Post Adoption Services Unit (PAS) department will be invited to participate in the study via U.S. mail. The PAS unit offers post adoption services such as referrals and counseling to families to avoid family dissolutions which will return the child in the child

International adoption takes children out of their countries, and this can lead to the risk of alienating children. Parents that adopt foreign children may be ill-equipped or uneducated in their adopted child’s culture and this can steer the loss of the child’s cultural identity. Culturally, we pass on our values and beliefs through our family structure; our heritage is part of our identity. People who are raised in another country could miss out on learning about their ethnic heritage. Medical writer Meg Brannagan claims internationally adopted children question where their place is in a

Many children long for a forever family because they are not able to be reunited with their birth parents. Being an adoptive parent can change a child 's life forever, as well as bring new joy and fulfillment to your family. Relatives, families and friends are often the best place for children who have been removed from their birth parents. These kinship caregivers can give children the comforts of a home they deserve. Youth must be involved in the process and must have input. Many youth do want to be adopted, even if they initially say no. Youth need to be involved in recruitment efforts. Youth need to be able to identify persons with whom they feel they have connections. Youth need to work with professionals who understand them and enjoy working with them.

Summary: Previously conducted researches on international adoption indicated that being adopted by foreign parents were not the reason of insecure attachment. As a result of this, further studies of identifying the reasons become necessary. Therefore, Niemann and Weiss (2012) determined to test four variables which could potentially influence on attachment quality. The variables were preadoption care, age at adoption and developmental status, stress level (based on measuring basal salivary cortisol) and maternal attachment representations (the mother’s childhood attachment experiences). Moreover, the first hypothesis was to examine how much the preadoption care, age when involving in the new families, and their developmental stages could lead

This has caused me to want to further research the issue. What are the social and emotional effects that adoption has on children?

In the last four decades, the concept of the American family has undergone a radical transformation, reflecting society¡¯s growing openness. Among all segments of society, there is a greater acceptance of a variety of family structures ¨C from single parenting to blended families to same sex parenting of children. The introduction of openness into the process of adoption offers new opportunities for children in need of a parent or parents and prospective parents wishing to create or expand their families. Meeting the requirements to become eligible to adopt no longer means being constrained by the conventions of an earlier generation.

Since 1776, the United States of America has had a growing problem with orphans and childhood adoption. Orphanages become overpopulated while foster homes shelter up to 3 children on average. The foster care system has been viewed as positive reinforcement for American homes; yet the point of fostering children is consistently overlooked. Adoption is necessary for orphans, foster children, or children in abusive homes. The act of adopting a child comes with positive benefits and fiscal responsibility, such as government assistance and wiser spending. Children obtain a healthy childhood with a familiar sense of belonging. The drawback of this is the long governmental process of petitioning for adoption. Seeking the birthparents, if they are alive, retrieving consent, being fiscally responsible, and having a safe environment for the child to grow up in are all responsibilities to look forward to when adopting a child. The adoption rate in the United States of America needs to increase dramatically, as there are social benefits, mental health improvements, and economical advantages for families who adopt.

Adoption is the process where a person takes over the parenting of someone else’s child and permanently transfers all the responsibilities and rights from the biological parent or parents. Giving up a child for adoption is a very difficult decision for a mother to make. Making adoption an option is done by providing loving, responsible, and legally permanent parents when their biological parents are not able or will not take care of them.