When we think of adoption we think of a long process, but more often than not we don’t think of restrictions and strict prospective regulations. Unfortunately, this is not the case when it comes to China. In the article “China’s New Adoption Regulations Will Prevent Many Americans from Adopting Children,” which appears in Issues in Adoption: Opposing Viewpoints, Elisa Poncz argues that China is creating rules and regulations placed on the adoption policies that are unnecessary and are only hindering the amount of prospective parents able to adopt. Poncz states “No matter how many Chinese children remain in orphanages, the number of international adoptions from China will surely decrease because of these new regulations.” (Poncz, para. 24) It …show more content…
As our society grows and evolves we continue to see that we are having an increasing number of single parents that look to have children through adoption. Unfortunately, in China, this seemed to be one of the many deal breakers. The point that Poncz emphasizes on is the fact that the Chinese restrictions are absurd when it comes to things that are not acceptable in the adoption process. Poncz says, “the new requirements prohibit single individuals from adopting” which truly affects a large part of the adopting population. The rules made continue to pinpoint certain aspects of people’s lives that they feel do not make a fit parent, such as; disabilities, age, and marriage between a man and a woman. The article does not tear down the Chinese regulations but rather puts into perspective how they are in no way helping the adoption cause, especially since Americans seek china as a primary country for international …show more content…
Poncz addresses the fact that China is a primary adoption country when she states that “One of the main reasons why China has been an attractive sender-country is the abundance of healthy baby girls abandoned to orphanages due to China's one-child policy”. Many of the adoptions that we see are female, and again this has to do with the one child law when the families put priority on having a male. China as a sender country is known for the way it attracts the U.S for adoption but also it has become an issue due to the strict restrictions. The article then refers to the creation of a community built by and for adopted Chinese children and their adoptive families, being one of the things that in turn creates a more intriguing and accepted feel to prospective parents. The overall adoption concept in China is very ironic throughout this section of the article because of how Poncz refers to the children being treated as part of a wanted community but then again the country places restrictions minimizing the pool of
Lisa Ling’s study showed that over ¼ of babies adopted and brought to the United States are from China. Most of these babies are girls. Due to the one child policy to control population, these unwanted girls are aborted, abandoned or hidden. They might even get killed. Boys are preferred because they will carry on the family name and they will stick with the family to care for them as they get older. These girls have never known a father. They have never known a mother, and they never knew a big sister. Most of them will be adopted from families in the United States. Others will stay in an orphanage until they are old enough to be on their own. China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations with over 4,000 years of history and culture. Today,
The Wall Street Journal published an article by Victoria Ruan that was titled “In China, Not All Practice Tough Love”. In her article, she briefly discusses what we think of as typical behavior between children and parents in China. She describes the brutal relationships between children and their parents when it comes to schoolwork and being the best possible student in the class. Ruan states how in years past children have been pushed in their studies by their parents to the point in which children start to lose their individuality and love for “not so important” hobbies. According to Ruan, chinese parents don’t just push their children to extremes in order for their children to be as smart as possible, the main goal of this “tough love” mannerism is to ensure that their children have a happy and successful life. However, Ruan believes that in recent years we now have less reason to believe in these stereotypes about chinese parents and their children.
Also not to mentioned that researches have found that the poorer regions have increased their chances at doing economically better than before. Johnson (1993) agrees that every time the Chinese government implements the population regulations, they find orphanages to be in an even tighter spot because their number of children increases making them work extra to find a home for the little girls. Also, as we could see since males were preferred Cai & Lavely (2003) shows in their 2000 census how China was around 12.8 million girls fewer than boys. These two articles showed us that a macro social problem such as overpopulation can turn into another problem such as child trafficking. Child trafficking can be overlooked because these little girls are being adopted but most of the time we do not know what happens after they leave China, as not all parents might stay in contact with the orphanage. This social problem might not only be present in China but everywhere else. The El Paso Del Norte Center of Hope is an agency that assists children with housing, legal assistance
My parents told me that they had a good life back at China, where they grew up, my father told me that they had a pretty nice life going on back there. Why they came here is beyond my comprehension, my father told me that they had a pretty good income back there, and life was good. Why they came here stumped me and make me thought why and so I asked, they gave me vague answers, but one of the reasons was because my parents were having their first child, which was my big sister. At China, there is this policy, the one child policy, only one child, it’s because China is overpopulated. Furthermore that boys were more favored than girls were. If they were to have an only my sister, I wouldn’t be born today nor my little brother. I later discovered that a good reason why to come here, for opportunity.
As the four women entered America, which is far from their motherland China, they experience a change of culture, the American culture, which was dominant than the Chinese. The Chinese mothers are faced with a difficult task of how to raise their American-born daughters with an understanding of their heritage. The daughters clearly show a gap in culture between the Chinese culture and American culture. The mothers wanted their daughter to follow the Chinese traditions, but the daughters followed the American traditions and even some of them got married to American men. The mothers tried to tell their daughters the story about the Chinese ancestors but the daughter could not follow them and the daughters thought their mothers were backwards and did not know what they are saying. As much as the mothers tried to show love to their daughters, the daughters usually responded negatively. They often saw their mothers’ attempts to guidance as a failure to understand the American culture. Being Chinese and living in America, both the mothers and the daughters struggle with many issues like identity, language, translation, and others. The mothers try to reconcile their Chinese pasts with their American presents; the daughters try to find a balance between independence and loyalty to their heritage
In 1979, China decided to establish a one child policy which states that couples are only allowed to have one child, unless they meet certain exceptions[1].In order to understand what social impacts the one child policy has created in China it important to evaluate the history of this law. China’s decision to implement a Child policy has caused possible corruption, an abuse of women’s rights, has led to high rates of female feticide, has created a gender ratio problem for China, and has led to specific problems associated with both the elderly and younger generation. Finally, an assessment of why China’s one child policy is important to the United States allows for a full evaluation of the policy.
Illegal Adoption usually happens in places with higher population of children like China. The babies involved in the adoption are usually from poor families or orphanages. The babies are usually sold by their parent to an orphanage then by the orphanage to an independent person who will then sell the baby to a couple in the United States. Illegal Adoption usually goes without being noticed because either no one questions the little to no documentation or information of the child’s family or background that is given at the time of adoption. Most parents have no idea they are buying black market babies. There are many movies about Illegal Adoption to prove its awareness A recent one on LMN is Baby for sale and in the movie it goes through the plot of the mother being unable to conceive so they call outside resources to adopt a child from another country and the adoption worker sets a price for money that we would not even believe. After the parents ok the price they will travel to the United States and bring the baby and sell them the baby and they go on with their lives. Sometimes the biological parents of the child has no choice to sell them or they have no idea and the hospital will pretend the baby passed away. It is not fair to the parents of the child or to the child itself, the child will grow up wondering about the parents and the adopted parents would have no idea about the adoption except what was given to them. When adopting a child please look at the d...
Adoption is the complete and permanent transfer of parental rights and obligations, usually from one set of legal parents to adoptive parents(Ademec 27). Not until the late 19th century did the U.S. legislative body grant legal status to adoptive parents. This is when children and parents started to gain rights and support from the government. Through the years new laws have been passed and amended to keep the system fair to all adoptive parents. In 1994, Congress passed the Multiethnic Placement Act, making it illegal to delay the placement a child to find a racially matching family. In 1996 the Multiethnic Placement Act was amended to say, “One can not use race as a routine consideration in child placement”(Lewin sec.A). Before 1994, it was difficult to place a black child with white adopters. Last year 5,000 children were adopted from Europe, and 6,000 from Asia, while 183 came from Africa.(Lewin sec. A). The number of out-of-country adoptions are so high because of the requirements and regulations one must follow in the U.S. The requirements include being 21, and include being committed and loving. The home income must be adequate enough to support the family. Passing all of the medical exams and filling out the personal information is mandatory. But the main reason people adopt from overseas is because it is much quicker. A person can adopt a child from another country in a matter of months. In the U.S. the wait can exceed 5 years, which is why some people choose international adoption.
Firstly, the relationship expectations in Chinese customs and traditions were strongly held onto. The daughters of the Chinese family were considered as a shame for the family. The sons of the family were given more honour than the daughters. In addition, some daughters were even discriminated. “If you want a place in this world ... do not be born as a girl child” (Choy 27). The girls from the Chinese family were considered useless. They were always looked down upon in a family; they felt as if the girls cannot provide a family with wealth. Chinese society is throwing away its little girls at an astounding rate. For every 100 girls registered at birth, there are 118 little boys in other words, nearly one seventh of Chinese girl babies are going missing (Baldwin 40). The parents from Chinese family had a preference for boys as they thought; boys could work and provide the family income. Due to Chinese culture preference to having boys, girls often did not have the right to live. In the Chinese ethnicity, the family always obeyed the elder’s decision. When the family was trying to adapt to the new country and they were tryin...
“When a child looks in the mirror, you want her to know herself. It is hard to face the world when you don’t know where your face came from”(adoption quotes.2013.pp1). International adoption is the most widely form of adoption used in the United States. Although many people consider this form of adoption as a “chance to save the day and be a hero”, it also opens the door for many inappropriate activities. International adoption has a malicious effect on American society because it hinders U.S adoption, it creates mental issues for the child, and it promotes child trafficking.
For America, international adoption is becoming more and more popular, but most of these adoptions that take place are God sent (Hamilton, 1997). America is a very wealthy country, that should be looking for ways to help other children in other countries. Some people of America are starting to see that other children need help, and now are taking action to help these kids. It is becoming more popular because in every case they are not just assigned one kid, but they actually get the choice to pick from about three to five kids before they make their decision (Fulton, 1995). This is making adoption more popular because people are starting to see that they are not just assigned a kid.
Women of China have their own opinions when it comes to their families, being under a controlled government and being told how many children they can have only makes it harder if them. Also China’s Health Ministry estimates that in the four decades since the imposition of the one-child policy more than 336 million abortions have taken place in the nation. Nora...
Over population has been a global issue for decades. Medical advances have made it possible for people to live longer and have multiple births, which are just some of the factors contributing to this social problem. Many countries have attempted to battle this issue, but none as intensely as China. China allows the government to have full control over family planning to help reduce the population. In 1979 China created a policy called the "One Child Law" which limits couples to only one child. Although the Chinese government hopes to curb the population boom and benefit society, the One Child Policy has morally questionable results, negative impacts on Chinese society, which should be changed.
“Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” is an excerpt from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, a Yale Law professor. In this excerpt the author explains why Chinese children tend to be more successful in life and expresses her dislike towards Western parenting. The first idea Chua explains is a list of activities her daughters are allowed to do and not do in order to focus solely on academic progress. Second, the author demonstrates the contrast in mindset between Chinese mothers and Western mothers by explaining how Chinese mothers feel differently than Western mothers in regards to academic success and learning. Furthermore, she describes how Chinese mothers can demand things from their children. Finally, they can also say
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