What is Adoption?
Adoption is the legal procedure of taking a child into one’s home
and raising him/her as one’s own. Our website informs viewers of
the different types of adoption; describes the adoption process and provides
other essential information. Our website is designed to answer the most
common questions about what adoption is. The site answers questions regarding
reasons for which some people adopt and about the people who normally
adopt children. (Dictionary
of English Language)
Adopting a child is not an easy process. In many cases the process takes
a long time depending on the race of the child. If one is interested in
adopting a European American child, one could be waiting longer than if
one was adopting a child from another race. Adopting children from a different
ethnic group than the parents might end up causing problems. This might
become a difficult situation because many times the children feel different
from their family members. Adopting is not always a positive act. It can
be seen as negative also because the parents seem to be buying children
like any other product. Because the one who is adopting is making decisions
about the type of baby that he or she wants, adoption might be seen as
a racial act by some people.
Whenever most people hear the word adoption they think of the positive
aspects of this legal act. We mainly hear about the good things that adoption
brings, but we rarely hear anything negative on the matter. We thought
to put a question on our survey asking the teens if they believed whether
adoption was a negative act or if it was not. Out of the combined fifty
females and males, three males and five females said yes. Those who said
no were fifteen males and twenty-seven females. Below is the graph of
our finding from this question. Do you feel adoption is a negative act?
Would you consider adoption a negative
act?