The purpose of my IRP was to gather information on Adoption and how legal and social rights impact the wellbeing of the adopted. I chose this topic to expand my knowledge on the impacts that adoption can have on individuals. I aimed to acquire information from my surveys within asking basic knowledge questions that any age could answer, this evidently gave me personal opinions and their knowledge of Adoption.
10. Do you think it is fair to tell a young child that they are adopted?
I asked this question in my questionnaires to discover individual’s opinion on what they think is fair. This question is important as it has a significant impact on a child’s life if they find out they are adopted or if they don’t know at all. All surveys came back with the same answer. Yes.
This is a legal right for adoptive parents to tell the child in the future. When researching secondary information I came across information that indicates that it is fair to tell a child they are adopted. there are also websites that you can seek help on how to tell a child they are adopted. this makes it a positive impact on the individuals that have been adopted because they deserve to know who their birth parents are. Although another website stated that it is a decision the parents have to make, whether they want to tell the child themselves or not tell them at all. This also links to the discovery I made in a case study where the child was adopted at a very young age, and they made the decision to want to keep contact with the child in the future.
I also aimed to gain information on the mental and physical impact on a individual.
6. Do you think a child can be physically or mentally affected by adoption?
This question was aiming at the negative impact adoption can have on an individual, as I came across information of how negative it can impact individuals. In a case study where the child has been abused in her past family and has been adopted into a new family,