the adoption process would count their blessings every day because of the peace and joy that their new family life offer. If a child’s parents are no longer able to adequately care for them or single motherhood is considered unacceptable‚ as is the case in some countries‚ then plans for adoption are made. Children are also abandoned near an orphanage in order to be adopted. Some parents involuntarily lose their rights because of child abuse or neglect due to alcohol or drug abuse. The child is then
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Gay Adoption in the US Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the debate regarding gay men and lesbian couples adopting children in the United States. Thesis: Social stigma‚ legal hurdles‚ and agency biases are the main points surrounding the gay adoption controversy. Introduction: In 2011‚ 400‚540 children in the US were in the foster care system‚ waiting to be adopted according to the Children’s Bureau page at the Administration for Children and Families webpage. However‚ an entire
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In this speech‚ Whitney A. Reitz exploited several persuasive strategies to size up and applaud the United States of America’s intervention to rescue and resettle Haitian children after the catastrophic earthquake that devastated the small nation‚ highlighted the controversial aspect of international adoptions through the failed Guatemala adoption program‚ appealed to her audience to draw a sharp contrast between international adoptions and human trafficking‚ implored American people to be more
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Have you ever ran from someone who was trying to kill you while running through the jungle to escape and get freedom. This is the life of a child soldier. “Nearly 20000 of Uganda’s abducted children” (Hope for Uganda’s Child soldiers). The issue of child soldiers came to worldwide attention when a 14 year old child soldier was executed in 1999. Child soldiers is a very big debate now. The two sides are they are victims and they are perpetrators. I think that they are victims. They are victims for
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Child abduction or kidnapping can be a parent’s worst nightmare. As much as we try to teach our children about strangers and always being aware of their surroundings‚ the possibility of them being abducted/kidnapped cannot be ruled out completely. As legally defined in the state of NJ‚ abduction is "when someone uses deceit or force in order to take a person or a child away from their home or relatives... [the perpetrator often] knows or has some sort of relation with the abductor" (US Legal n.p
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your age. Suddenly a commander walks up to you and says‚ “Take this.” He hands you a couple of pills. You do what you were told and take the pills. The next thing you know...you just shot‚ and killed‚ the rest of your family. This is the life of a child soldier. History shows us that the issue with children soldiers is not new. Since the 1980’s‚ Liberia‚ Uganda‚ and Renamo Forces have had over 13‚900 children soldiers. All over the world today‚ there are still‚ approximately
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overweight or has child obesity? Child obesity means that a child is well above their normal weight for their age and height. Many kids are obese because they eat too much unhealthy food‚ don’t have enough exercise or spend too much time on electronics instead of playing outside. But fortunately‚ there are many ways to prevent this or to stop this. Some include‚ daily mandatory gym class‚ limiting electronics and getting outdoors and making healthy food choices. Child obesity has become
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168 million children stay trapped in child labors‚ many of them work full-time? 11 percent of child population and 100 million boys and 68 million girls. Did you ask yourself what cause all these innocent kids to working when they should go to school? A child should not work for the cost of their education or dreams. Child labor takes the opportunity away for children to enjoy their childhood‚ go to school‚ and have a dream to be someone special someday. Child labor feels like a punishment for all
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Imagine holding an AK- 47 on the front lines of war. 300‚000 children worldwide experience this daily according to human right watch. Child soldier refers to any person under the age of 18 placed in the face of war. This issue discusses the rights of children and how they shouldn’t be involved in death‚ murder or fighting‚ but instead‚ experience the innocence of being a child. Children are abducted from their homes and schools are forced to work as spies‚ cooks or guards. Girls are subjected to rape and
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A child named Akbar‚ only 16 years of age‚ is one of the few escapees from a war-stricken country. How do you think he was able to flee? Do you think sheer luck saved him by evading bullets from hundreds of guns? Or did he brutally slaughter every soldier he saw? Not everyone knows about these child soldiers. In general‚ for some parts of the world‚ there are kids holding guns and killing adults. For people like the family of Sgt. Christopher Speer‚ the idea of child soldiers are of the utmost
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