Today's guest blogger is Suzanna Maassaro. Finalizing an adoption is commonly regarded by agencies, government systems, and members of society as the ultimate outcome for a child without a permanent home. Many children anticipating adoption experience a waiting process lasting many years. A great amount of effort is put into pairing a child with adoptive [...]
Today's guest blogger is Eenang Kang. The New York Times Magazine’s online article “Why a Generation of Adoptees is Returning to South Korea” by Maggie Jones (2015) provides readers with narratives to illustrate a multitude of personal detriments that resulted from international adoption. The article offers brief snippets of historical contents that touches on reasons [...]
Today's guest blogger is Claire Hammer. The Need for Representative Care for Indian Children in the Child Welfare System In the 2013 New York Times Article, Focus on Preserving Heritage Can Limit Foster Care for Indians, journalist Dan Frosch examines the Indian Child Welfare Act and how it continues to have a controversial effect, [...]
Today's guest blogger is Andrea Brubaker. “Please Don’t Tell Me I’m Lucky To Be Adopted” Washington Post Written by Shaaren Pine Published: January 9, 2015 Topic: Inter-country adoption Inherent Loss: “Please don’t tell me I was lucky to be adopted” reflects a common sentiment of adoptees who are often given the impression that they [...]
Today's guest blogger is Shavon Swain. On October 31, 2013 the Chicago Tribune produced an editorial titled, Shut down Internet Adoptions; ‘Re-homing’ is for pets, not children. This editorial was written as lawmakers in Chicago joined forces to discuss the growing, yet disturbing trend of “re-homing”. In this article re-homing is defined as, “...transactions-typically [...]
Today's guest blogger is Shannon Abbott. In the article Adopting Through Foster Care: A Less Expensive Alternative by Susan Johnston the author seeks to promote adoption through foster care by shedding light on information that may not be known about this option. Many potential adoptive parents are aware of the great potential cost that comes [...]
Today's guest blogger is Steve Mincey. Minnesota’s Adoption Bill The article I will be reviewing is “The Minn. Adoption bill up for Senate” published on March 12, 2013 on MPR News by Sasha Aslanian. This article discusses a new proposed bill to increase Minnesota’s adoption rate from foster care. The current bill in place [...]
Today's guest blogger is Matt Burbage When the media discusses adoption, it tends to focus on the perspective of the adoption industry or the adoptive parents. Yet, this depiction doesn’t tell the full story. In fact, Laura Barcella illustrates that there is another very important narrative that tends to get discounted, in her recently published [...]