Question

1. Humans are the only creature on this planet that will raise a child not genetically related to themselves to adulthood- adoption and fostering is unique to us. Why do you think this is, and in what ways other than genetics is an adopted child the true descendant of the adopted parents?

Answer 1

When an adopted child grows up,he or she develop positive sense of their identity ,a sense of psychological well being.They develop a self concept and self esteem.Finally they learn to be comfortable with themseklves .Adoption make normal child hood issues of attachment ,loss and self image even more complex.Adopted children must come to terms with and integrate both their birth and adoption families.A child adoppted as infants are affected by adoption through out their life.Child adopted later in life come to understand adoption during a different developmental stage.Those who have experienced trauma or neglect may remember such ecxperiences.which further complicates their self image .transacial,cross cultural and special needs issues also affect a childs adoption experience.All adopted childeren greive the loss of their biologial family ,their heritage and their culture to some extent.Adoptive parents can facilitate and assist this natural grieving process by being comfortable with usin adoption language .i.e birth parents and bith family and discussing adoption issues.

Adopted child gains right to inherit from adoptive psrents and their relatives.It is common for an adoptive family to her from family members that child looks like them i.e according to julie drew ,a cofounder of the matter of seminares ,their is a scientific explanation for this called attunement.When refering to childs brain development ,attunement is act of the parent making the appropriate facial expressions in response to certain events,which effect regulation in child development.Their character will also automatically mounted as their adoptive parents .i.e .Although personality traits like shyness and imotional stability may be genetically based, parenting has an impact on a childs attitude and beliefs about the world. Adoption children tend to have similar religious and political beliefs ,manners,and values as their adopted parents.