Birth Record Of Adoption
An adopted girl from Asia who lives with a white family with her other adopted sister who is also from Asia. She has never met her birth mother but her parents have. She is 15 years old and desperately wants to know who her mother is, but since she is only 15 years old she can't travel with out her parents and her parents are too busy to travel. People who know their birth parents don't know what adoptees have been through. Luckily in some states in the U.S. adoptees are allowed to see their birth record. Still many adoptees never meet or find out who their biological parents. Since 1940 adoptees have not been able to look at their birth record in most places. Those who support say that adoptees should be able to look at their birth record
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For example, supporters believe that adoptees should be able to know their background. In one case an adoptee from Ethiopia named Richard Domingo says that to help someone figure out who they are and to build an identity is to know about their culture's food, music, and language (Schroeder 2). Naturally, every kid wants to know their background to help them grow as a person. Also, people who agree say that adoptive parents should make sure the adoptee has contact with their biological parents. For instance the mother could put her baby in open adoption where biological families can either meet in person or share photos every so often (Akin 3). Without a doubt many mothers who give their child up for adoption want to know how their child is and what's the child is going on in their life. Next, those in favor say that if the mother is going to put her child up for adoption, she should go through the Department of Social Services. In this situation an adoptee named MacNish said "She's the one who brought me into this world, yet she could still have control over my life by saying she doesn't want me to know who she is" (Akin 3). Certainly many mothers want to get to know their child, but there are some who don't want to know their child as much. Therefore, supporters believe adoptees should know their background, should have contact with their biological parents, and parents should use open adoption. These points are widely disputed by those who
For example, supporters believe that adoptees should be able to know their background. In one case an adoptee from Ethiopia named Richard Domingo says that to help someone figure out who they are and to build an identity is to know about their culture's food, music, and language (Schroeder 2). Naturally, every kid wants to know their background to help them grow as a person. Also, people who agree say that adoptive parents should make sure the adoptee has contact with their biological parents. For instance the mother could put her baby in open adoption where biological families can either meet in person or share photos every so often (Akin 3). Without a doubt many mothers who give their child up for adoption want to know how their child is and what's the child is going on in their life. Next, those in favor say that if the mother is going to put her child up for adoption, she should go through the Department of Social Services. In this situation an adoptee named MacNish said "She's the one who brought me into this world, yet she could still have control over my life by saying she doesn't want me to know who she is" (Akin 3). Certainly many mothers want to get to know their child, but there are some who don't want to know their child as much. Therefore, supporters believe adoptees should know their background, should have contact with their biological parents, and parents should use open adoption. These points are widely disputed by those who