Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Amy Moore. "Adoptions bring joy to parents, security to kids. " McClatchy - Tribune Business News 20 November 2009 ABI/INFORM Dateline, ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

This passage is about a single mother who adopted many kids when she was divorced and had an empty nest. She loves having chaos and lots of children around which is why she adopts many children. They give them a place to call home. All her kids for the most part get along even at various ages. One important aspect is that the children do not know whether they are biological or adopted. The reason the mother likes this statement is because it shouldn’t matter. It doesn’t matter where they came from what is important is that they are there now.

Lancaster, C., and K. Nelson. "Where Attachment Meets Acculturation: Three Cases of International Adoption. " Family Journal 17.4 (2009): 302. Research Library, ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

This passage is about three families that have adopted a total of 8 children from china. In each of these children they have notices issues such as not being ready to survive, have fear and grief and attachment problems. They also have the issues of not being able to fit in at school and identity crisis. These issues are problems because not being able to identify who you are as a person is unhealthy. It causes the child to not know who their real family is and to question everything around them. The author concludes by stating these problems affect the children which is why adoption can never work.

Trisha Marczak. (13 November). 'He has a place to call home now'. McClatchy - Tribune Business News, pg 1-3. Retrieved November 20, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline. (Document ID: 1900431571).

This article is about a family who knew they wanted to adopt a child. They knew about all the statistics and most important they knew the amount of children in the world who didn’t have a place to call home. With this known they looked at many different types of adoption until they choose the right one for them. After this they went searching for the perfect child to bring to their house and they found him in Texas. Now this child is happy and has a place to call home. This article is primarily about the adoption process and the feelings that the adopted parents felt it is important to see how the family and child must feel.

Anonymous, . "BEAUTY WILL RISE. " Christianity Today 1 Nov. 2009: ProQuest Religion, ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

This article is about a couple who happily adopted their first baby daughter from China. As many people don’t know adopting is very expensive which isn’t fair to all the people that want to adopt, can afford to take care of a child but can’t afford to adopt the child. This couple has been trying for a very long to make adoption more affordable, so anyone who wants to adopt can as long as they meet all the requirements. It is important that this happens because they are many children who want homes.

Michelle Reese. "East Valley parents adopting children in need: Federal grant will help more kids transition from foster care. " McClatchy - Tribune Business News 23 September 2009 ABI/INFORM Dateline, ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

This article is about Arizona getting a 500,000 thousand dollar grant to help promote the adoption agencies in Arizona. This is really important because it will help take kids out of foster care. It will also make the adoption process more affordable so more people can afford to adopt. There are so many kids who need to be adopted and luckily a couple states were able to get this grant for the next five years to improve this.

Argen Duncan. "Statewide children in need of families. " McClatchy - Tribune Business News 15 November 2009 ABI/INFORM Dateline, ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

This article is about all the children in foster care who need to be adopted. It is important that people know that there are more than just babies who need to be adopted there are also teenagers and children. These kids are kicked out of foster kid at the age 18 years old which everyone knows that no person is mentally ready to be on their own at this age. It is important that all these children get families for once.

Sherry Long. "Celebrating adoption. " McClatchy - Tribune Business News 14 November 2009 ABI/INFORM Dateline, ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2009.

This article is about a young couple who adopted a child. They couldn’t have children so adoption was their only way to have a family. With this said they researched all the adoption pros and cons and came to the conclusion that adoption is good. However their child who was in foster care for a while had so behavioral issues which he needed to grow out of. This can happen but for the most part adoption is a beautiful process.