interracial adoption
Adoption is the complete and permanent transfer of parental rights and obligations, usually from one set of legal parents to adoptive parents(Ademec 27). Not until the late 19th century did the U.S. legislative body grant legal status to adoptive parents. This is when children and parents started to gain rights and support from the government. Through the years new laws have been passed and amended to keep the system fair to all adoptive parents. In 1994, Congress passed the Multiethnic Placement Act, making it illegal to delay the placement a child to find a racially matching family. In 1996 the Multiethnic Placement Act was amended to say, "One can not use race as a routine consideration in child placement"(Lewin sec.A). Before 1994, it was difficult to place a black child with white adopters. Last year 5,000 children were adopted from Europe, and 6,000 from Asia, while 183 came from Africa.(Lewin sec. A). The number of out-of-country adoptions are so high because of the re!quirements and regulations one must follow in the U.S. The requirements include being 21, and include being committed and loving. The home income must be adequate enough to support the family. Passing all of the medical exams and fi
ailure at parenting. That could be the opposite of what the adopted person is thinking. After the adopted person meets the biological parents, the adopted child comes out of the experience with "A deeper sense of their love and appreciation for their adopted parents, whom they viewed as their true psychological parents"(Gilman 385). Meeting their parents makes the bond stronger in some cases. The number one reason adopted people want to reunite with their biological parents is because they want to see what they look like. Abandoned children have no background information and it is often impossible to find biological parents. Adopting a transracial child is not for everyone. A lot of patience and love is needed to handle the criticism. There is a high monetary cost, but the reward in the end is priceless. A person must be completely non-bias for the relationship to work in a biracial family. A parent must be able to deal with a sometimes troubled or physically challenged child.! Bender, David, Bruno Leone. Adoption. Lewin, Tamar. "Two Views of Growing Up When The Faces Dont Match." Adamec, Christine A. There Are Babies To Adopt. Gilman, Lois. The Adoption Resource Book. out of school"(Pohl/Harris 91). This means parents also have to be understanding and forgiving. If a transracial child is having difficulty adjusting, do not get frustrated. Try to understand the child's feelings and talk about the situation. Identity is important in the young curious mind. The children sometimes become confused because the people they love most are different from them. Who am I, and where are my real parents? Why didn't my real parents want me? During adolescence is when most children who are adopted start to ask questions. The reason is because the children are trying to figure out who they are and are searching for a identity. As the child grows older, a adopted child will often begin to search for his or her biological parents. "A lot of search is dealing with unfinished business. Reunion allows the reworking of many issues"(Gilman 382). Some adoptive parents feel rejected when their child searches for their biological parents. They feel like they were a f! Gilman, Lois. The Adoption Resource Book. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ s for coping in a racist society. This statement is proven to be wrong in the Grow/Shapiro study in 1974(Bender/Leone 198). The study consisted of 125 white families who all adopted black children. Seventy-seven
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