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Adoption
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Adoption
Psychological effects on adopted children; reasons for adoption, issues incl. "telling."
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
2 sources |
2001
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"Psychological Effects of AdoptionJerome Smith is one of the country's foremost experts in adoption practice. He is the author of best-selling books on adoption practice and policy and he played a significant role in evaluating the parent-child bond in the famous Baby Jessica case. He is also an adoptive parent. Smith argues that most adoptive parents share the same concerns for the psychological development of their children as do biological parents. However, he states that adoptive parents have additional concerns related to the fact of adoption (Smith, 1997, p. 69).
Smith argues that the psychological effects of adoption on children will, in most cases, be a direct result of the parents' own psychological preparation for and adjustment to the adoption. He maintains that it is difficult to evaluate a child's adjustment to life..."
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