CD-51671
The Children Money Can Buy.
Moody, Anne.
Book
p. 1-256
Copyright
Published: 2018
Rowman and Littlefield
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This book examines the modern history of adoption and draws on the personal experiences as an adoptive parent and director of Adoption Connections in Bainbridge Island, Washington, to explore foster care, adoption, international adoption, and transracial adoption. The first section of the book focuses on the years the writer spent as a child welfare worker. Chapters consider why people become social workers, service plans, the characteristics of families involved in the foster care system, the cycle of dysfunction, and the termination of parental rights. The second part of the book focuses on personal experiences with a large adoption agency that handled international adoptions and was an early promoter of openness in domestic adoptions. The home study process, the benefits of adoption, adoption disruptions, and the need for open adoptions are discussed. The following section recounts the experiences of the author as an adoptive parent of a child of a different race. Topics addressed include talking to children about adoption, the benefits of homeland tours, and awkward encounters for adoptive families. The fourth section describes an adoption agency that works with pregnant women considering adoption for their babies. The final section examines currently relevant issues in infant adoption, international adoption, and foster care. Chapters consider gay adoption, baby brokers, the ethics of international adoption, and the ethics of foster care.
Keywords:
adoption; foster children; ethics; open adoption; Intercountry adoption; transracial adoption; BLACK MARKET ADOPTION; WRONGFUL ADOPTION