Did you know that in 2008, 135,813 children were adopted in the United States of America? When I was sixteen my adoption changed my life. It was one of the most exhilarating and terrifying days of my life because I didn’t know what to expect. My adoption was emotional for me and all my family it impacted not only my life but many of the people around me lives as well. Everyday changes our life in some way shape or form however, some days have more of a lasting impact than others. My adoption was also part of an award ceremony for one of the judges. My adoption was an extremely positively impacting moment that was filled with joy and love from everyone around.…
Adoption I was born on 28 February, and close to my second birthday; the Welfare removed me from my family. My mother was frail from neglect and abuse. My father, Bruno, hung out with the wrong crowd and often fought over women. He always fancied himself as a playboy, and no doubt, had fathered other sons and daughters.…
When something serious is going on or when I just have some questions I ask her, so Jessie told me about some of the stuff going on she didn’t really know how to help me. She didn’t want to say something that wasn’t right or that would be offensive, therefor she just worded what she was saying very carefully. One of the things that she said that stood out the most was when she said that maybe since she was adopted she feels like there is always something missing. My mother worked at the county for a few years before I was born and the first couple years of my life. Part of her job was dealing with some adoption stuff, I don’t really know to an exact explanation of what she did but adoption was part of her job. She had also told me that when she would get paperwork from some of the social workers about their cases, some of the adopted kids were also in the same boat as Jessie. She had said that when they were talking about why they felt that way, it was because they felt like something was missing or they felt like nobody wanted them. They had thought since they were put up for adoption meant that nobody wanted them. My mom had also said that studies had shown that depression in kids who are put up for adoption is sometimes a normal thing. Now I know four people who were adopted and two of them had depression. So when my mother had told me that maybe that’s why she had some depression issues…
I was adopted by the time I was one. I wasn’t even aware that i was adopted until I was seven, and part of me wishes I was never…
Laura chose an open adoption because her sister was adopted through a closed adoption and it brought no blessing to her. Laura believed that the secrecy of closed adoption brought her sister to have issues with anxiety and low self esteem. Laura said, “Ariel hasn’t had to deal with identity issues to the same degree as my sister. She knows her birthparents, and with that, she knows a lot more about herself. She knows who she looks like and her inherited medical history. Most importantly, she knows why she was given for adoption and that her biological parents loves her. It is essential that Ariel feels comfortable with her adoption and perceive her birthparents as positive, wonderful factors in her life” (“Open Adoption”). Ariel’s adoptive father also believes open adoption can help a child because, “In closed adoption, you face the prospect of keeping a secret and lying to your child about his or her origin. That violates the most basic relationship between a parent and child: TRUST!” (“Open Adoption”). Having the biological parents in the child’s life to inform them will help them understand who they are and creates a stronger relationship between both the child and the adoptive…
“When I was in my late teens I searched for my biological parents through Pennsylvania department of vital statistics.” Said Shelly Fox, Shelly was adopted at a young age. She never had the chance or time to met her real parents. Shelly entered her new world at a a year and a half. She moved into a house in the suburb of Pittsburgh in a small town called Churchill. Shelly Fox believed that the reason her parents put her up for adoption was that they were young teenage parents, not married, still in highschool. Shelly Fox was never mad at her biological parents because they made the right decision by not making a baby suffer through harsh conditions. After being asked how do you feel now as an adult “ I was happy as a kid, I celebrated two birthdays my adoption day and my real birthday.” She was always happy growing up with her new family. With the love of her brother Donald and Mom and Dad. “ I loved everyone in my family but, I was feeling like I didn’t fit because me and my brother didn’t have the same hobbies.” When Shelly was growing up she was always constantly reminded by her classmates of her adoption. “ I was never offended when I was reminded of my adoption I just accepted that I was more special than people.” This was her response to being asked, what did you do when…
Starting high school was a terrifying idea to me. Different teachers, class times, lockers, drama! I remember that I always looked up to my older sister while she was in high school. She had tons of friends, played sports, participated in student government, and went out for the school play. I wanted to be just like her when I started high school. In middle school, I lined myself up for this, I played soccer in the fall and basketball in the winter. I helped out in the school plays, and I joined the student government. I had a group of great friends, and thought nothing bad was going to happen.…
You always hear about horror stories of younglings bouncing from foster home to foster home and never finding their “forever family”. That was never my case. From the moment I was placed into foster…
An adoptee will grow up to be fine as long as it’s with people who care for them and are there to love and support them. Eventually they will learn where they came from and there background but People need to focus more on the relationship between the parents and the adoptee rather than the race.…
Adoption is an opportunity most people look down upon, when in fact it takes a very strong and admirable person to adopt a child. Adoption is promising to assume all responsibilities for taking care of someone else. When a person decides to adopt a child, they take on a responsibility to raise a child that is not biologically their own. It takes a great deal of strength and determination to go through adopting. Adoption is a great thing, it keeps children from having to suffer in bad living conditions and live with parents that are unfit. For the people who may not be ready to have a child, it gives them a great opportunity to still give the baby life, but to also do what is best for the baby by giving it to maybe a family that is unable to reproduce. There are adults out there who live to be parents, but they cannot because of medical conditions. Adoption can help those adults become parents. Adoption is a positive experience for both children and adults.…
In the case of the child being taken away from her foster parents, it would seem as though there is no way to make a decision without someone getting hurt in the end. On one end, the birth parents made the horrible decision to do drugs and were unable to care for their daughter. While they did become rehabilitated, it took them a very long time to do so. On the other end, the foster parents were only temporarily legal guardians of the girl. So the question I think everyone would ask themselves is “would the child benefit more from being returned to the people who gave her life or would she benefit more from being with the people who have raised her and loved her as their own?” In my opinion, I believe it would have been best if the foster…
Being adopted is completely normal partly because everything you go through is what every other teen goes through. Every teen has to go through puberty, drama, parent and family issues, so much more. In “All About Adoption” one young teen boy was quoted as saying, “I’m just a regular guy like all others. Even though, when I think about it, my history is definitely different.” (Pg. 13) This shows the positive and non adopted kind of thinking every adopted child has. It shows that even if you are adopted, you really don’t see yourself as better or worse than any of your other peers. You are just you. The book also states that all teens have go through puberty and that everyone has family issues. And that is totally true. You may be from a different…
Personal Experience of being adopted and having my children taken from me and being adopted by foster parents…
Adoption is a way of providing new families for children who cannot be brought up by their biological parents. It is a legal procedure in which all parental responsibility is transferred to the adopters. Adoption is an act of giving and taking child, male or female in to family having no issues. According to MANU adoption is the “taking of a son , as a substitute for the failure of male issue”, according to SECTION 3 OF” THE HINDU ADOPTION AND MAITENANCE ACT , 1956” is an act which elaborately deals with adoption and maintenance of child. SECTION 7 and 8 of this act deals with capacity of male and female hindu respectively to take in adoption. SECTION 7 as follows “ anu male hindu who is of sound mind and is not a minor has the capacity to take a son or a daughter in adoption provided that , if he has a wife living, he shall not adopt except with the consent of wife unless the wife has completely and finally renounced world or has ceased to be a hindu or has been declared by a court of complete jurisdiction to be of sound mind. SECTION 8 contain the provision deals with capacity of a female to take in adoption. The conditions to be satisfied in this section is same as section 7 (i.e) she is of sound mind , not a minor, and she is not married; if married , the marriage has been dissolved or her husband is dead or renounced world or ceased to be a hindu or has been declared to be unsound mind by the court of competent jurisdiction. SECTION 9 speaks about person who can give in adoption (i.e) the father, mother and guardian can give in adoption. Father cannot give in adoption without the consent of the wife unless if she is finally and completely renounced the world, if she has ceased to be hindu or if she has been judicially declared to be unsound mind. This condition is applied to mother also. Certain changes are made in case of guardian were it include de facto and de jure guardian. The guardian can exercise his power only when…
The first few years of my life were spent alone. My birth father left when I was born and my birth mother would leave me home alone for days on end. I remember when I was two, waking up and not finding anyone in the house, I was hungry and scared. I would climb on to the counters to find something to eat, which a lot of times was nothing. I would have to do everything for myself, but soon that would change. The last time my birth mother left me, i was sent to my Grandparents. My Grandpa was sick and they didn’t have a lot of money. My Grandma started calling friends and relatives but no one wanted to take me. She was losing hope, but there was one last couple she could try. She called my parents and they took me instantly. Ever since then I’ve been happy, healthy and loved. I couldn’t ask for better parents…