Research Assignment-Kevin Moore 1
Research Assignment-Kevin Moore 1
Research Assignment-Kevin Moore 1
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RESEARCH Assignment
March 8, 2016
Definition
Adoption
The act or process of adopting a child
http://ww w.merriam-w ebs ter.com/dictionar y/adoption
---Adoption is the proces s whereb y parents are supplied for parent-les s
children or for those children w hos e parents are unable to provide for
their care.
---It also provides children for childles s couples or in modern societ y
for childless individuals as well.
http://ww w.researchetcinc.co m/histor yofadoption.html
Fos ter Care
War, povert y, and dis ease in the United S tates left man y young
children orphaned
Adoption w as the norm until the 1850s and usuall y a relative
being adopted.
Approximatel y 3,000 Michigan foster children are available for
adoption
http://ww w.michigan.gov/mdhhs/0,5885,7-339
73971_7116---,00.html
Of the over 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S ., 114,556
cannot be returned to their families and are w aiting to be adopted.
A mong these children, males outnumber females, African
A merican children are dis proportionall y repres ented, and over half
is white.
U.S. citizens completed 19,942 international adoptions in 2007,
which declined to 9,319 in 2011 as international adoptions beca me
Cost of Adoption
Med ia Depictions
s ys tem-ruining-lives
In this article from The Guardian it talks about a 14-year old
biological mother
Placing children with foster and adoptive families who cannot cope with their
difficulties
M edia portra ys adoption positivel y
http://liveactionnew s.org/to-the-woman-w ho-adopted-my- bab y/
This article is about a woman w ho put her daughter up for
N ew s
M an y adoption res earchers and practitioners have
recognized the media's role in shaping public opinion on
adoption iss ues, often focusing on negative portra yals of
adoption
S everal adoption scholars have argued that the dominant
North American famil y ideolog y defines a real famil y as
containing two parents with their biological children, their
kinship bonds tied together geneticall y.
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M ichael Ba y
---The movie fil mmaker was a adopted as a child, spent his earlier
ye ars s earching for his biological mother.
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Bruce Willis , advocate for adoption
---Too man y children in foster care are falling through cracks
Be a heroand take the ti me to learn about adoption toda y, s a ys
Willis.
http://ww w.americanadoptions.com/adoption/celebrit y_adoption
Hugh J ackman, adoptive parent
---I think adoption is a bles sing all around when its done right,
s a ys J ackman.
http://ww w.americanadoptions.com/adoption/celebrit y_adoption
MAP
higan/@42.3594306,-83.309945,11z
Map of states where same-sex couples are able to get joint
and/or second parent adoptions statewide