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Adoption

Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parents to the adoptive parents.

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Contemporary adoption

Parenting of adoptees

Development of adoptees

Forced adoption

Commercialized adoption

Birth and adoption records

Reunion

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Adoption

Nodes141
Edges140
Triples272
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014184
Components1

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Adoption

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related to Further reading · 79
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related to Forced assimilation · 25
Adoption → Aboriginal, Aryan, Australia, Austrian, Canada, First Nations, Forced, Francisco Franco's, Franco's, German, In German-occupied Poland, In Spain, Indian Child Welfare Act, It, Native American, Native Americans, New, Polish, Removing, The Stolen Generation
related to Language of adoption · 17
Adoption → Adoption Triangle, As, Baran, Books, Concerned United Birthparents, Controversies, CUB, In, Marietta Spencer, PAL, Pannor, RAL, Since, Sorosky, Terms, The Terminology, Two
related to Influences · 16
Adoption → Family, Ginni Snodgrass, Identity, International, It, Lawrence, Many, Secrecy, Some, The, These, This, To, Transracial, What, Will
has effect · 15
Adoption → Another, Berkman, Festinger, However, In, Leynes, One, Rehr, Research, Several, Studies, Subsequent, There, Unitied States, Young
related to Adoption by same-sex couples · 9
Adoption → ACS, American Community Survey, Ecuador, In, Joint, March, Mexico, Most, Taiwan
related to Forced adoption · 9
Adoption → Family, In, It, Nancy Verrier, New York Foundling Home, Origins USA, Primal, The, The Primal Wound
related to Birth and adoption records · 8
Adoption → After, Alaska, Beginning, Birth, Kansas, The, These, United States
related to Development of adoptees · 8
Adoption → Adoptees, But, Evidence, For, It, Previous, This, Yet
related to Forms of adoption · 8
Adoption → As, Contemporary, February, In, Nevertheless, Open, The, Today

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children adoptees family adoptive parents adopted child identity birth biological states adoptions social families adoptee one study found united law

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Adoptionis aprocess whereby a person assumes the parenting of another0.90text
medical historyinstance ofclosed adoption may allow the transmittal of non-identifying information0.80text
religiousinstance ofclosed adoption may allow the transmittal of non-identifying information0.80text
ethnic backgroundinstance ofclosed adoption may allow the transmittal of non-identifying information0.80text
the local authorityinstance ofoften by a government body0.80text
ageinstance ofThe wide range of values reflects the paucity of information on the subject and demographic factors0.80text
drug addictioninstance ofNoting that adoptees seemed to be more likely to experience problems0.80text
the study speculated that adoptive parents might invest more in adoptees not because they favor theminstance ofNoting that adoptees seemed to be more likely to experience problems0.80text
but because they are more likely than genetic children to need the help.Psychologists' findings regarding the importance of early mother-infant bonding created some concern about whether parents who adopt older infants or toddlers after birth have missed some crucial period for the child's developmentinstance ofNoting that adoptees seemed to be more likely to experience problems0.80text
ODDinstance ofThis suggests that conclusions such that adoptees are more likely to have behavioral problems0.80text
ADHD may be biasedinstance ofThis suggests that conclusions such that adoptees are more likely to have behavioral problems0.80text
Origins USAinstance ofgroups0.80text

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