Essay On International Adoption

Imagine not understanding what you are doing, not even fully knowing who is coming to get you, and where you are going is a mystery in itself. These are all thoughts and questions that might run through a childs mind who is being adopted by a family that lives in a different country. This is an international adoption, and it can be controversial in the U.S along with other countries for different reasons. International adoption has gone throughout history adjusting as it has to, but it's not the only thing that has changed both what the parents go through and the children adapting have evolved as time goes on too. No matter how much is done to make this process easier there are always challenges that remain to face everyone affiliated with the process. A major part of everything is the history of it, none the less this affects international adoption too. One item the history revolves around majorly is disaster, natural or man-made. This is shown by Wilkinson in one situation where ¨The World Wars produced many homeless children in Europe, who comprised more than 70% of all international adoptions in the US in 1957¨ (174). This relates to the statement history follows patterns by showing how many americans did follow what was going on in the world with their choice of country. It also is true in the case of the fall of the Soviet Union, that allowed …show more content…
As wonderful as it is creating new families, it can really be a tough time for the children transitioning to their new culture. This is a very viable choice for U.S adults to choose with going through a process to start a new chapter of a family, or to completely start off a family. It can be changed due to what is going on, and the regulations made in what has to be done in the journey. All in all International Adoption is something that has been there that helps parents, children, and even countries in