The Children Money Can Buy
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The Children Money Can Buy

Stories from the Frontlines of Foster Care and Adoption

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eBook - ePub

The Children Money Can Buy

Stories from the Frontlines of Foster Care and Adoption

About this book

The Children Money Can Buy covers decades of dramatic societal change in foster care and adoption, including the pendulum swings regarding open adoption and attitudes toward birth parents, the gradual acceptance of gay and lesbian adoption, the proliferation of unregulated adoption facilitators in the U.S., ethical concerns related to international adoption, and the role money inevitably plays in the foster care and adoption systems. Special attention is given to the practice of "baby brokering" and the accompanying exorbitant finder's fees and financial incentives encouraging birth mothers to relinquish (or pretend that they are planning to relinquish) their babies that permeate much of U.S. infant adoption today.

The Children Money Can Buy illuminates the worlds of foster care and adoption through the personal stories Moody witnessed and experienced in her many years working in the foster care and adoption systems. These compelling stories about real people and situations illustrate larger life lessons about the way our society values—and fails to value—parents and children. They explore the root of ethical problems which are not only financially driven but reflect society's basic belief that some children are more valuable than others. Finally, Moody makes a plea for change and gives suggestions about how the foster care and adoption systems could work together for the benefit of children and families.

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Information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Year
2018
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781538108031
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Self Improvement

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. Part I: Foster Care
  4. Chapter 1: Why Do I Want This Job?
  5. Chapter 2: Service Plans
  6. Chapter 3: Who Are These Parents and Children?
  7. Chapter 4: Foster Home Highs and Lows
  8. Chapter 5: The Cycle of Dysfunction
  9. Chapter 6: Boy Troubles
  10. Chapter 7: Termination of Parental Rights
  11. Chapter 8: Making My Escape
  12. Part II: Agency Adoption
  13. Chapter 9: The Home Study Process
  14. Chapter 10: Adoption Is the Good Thing That Happens
  15. Chapter 11: Adoption Disruptions
  16. Chapter 12: “Doing Good” Isn’t Always Good
  17. Chapter 13: The Need for Open Adoption
  18. Chapter 14: Finding Just the Right Home
  19. Part III: Adoptive Parenthood and Sisterhood
  20. Chapter 15: Children Are Exactly Who They Are Meant to Be
  21. Chapter 16: How to Talk about Adoption
  22. Chapter 17: A Homeland Tour
  23. Chapter 18: A Sister’s Journey of the Heart
  24. Chapter 19: Awkward (and Worse) Encounters for Adoptive Families
  25. Chapter 20: Jocelyn’s Birth Mother
  26. Part IV: Adoption Connections
  27. Chapter 21: Our Own Adoption Agency
  28. Chapter 22: Birth-Parent Counseling Etiquette
  29. Chapter 23: Two Open Adoptions
  30. Chapter 24: Choosing an Adoptive Family
  31. Chapter 25: Money Matters
  32. Chapter 26: Scammers
  33. Chapter 27: Trevor and Amanda
  34. Part V: Changes
  35. Chapter 28: A Battle for Gay Adoption
  36. Chapter 29: Baby Brokers
  37. Chapter 30: The Ethics of International Adoption
  38. Chapter 31: The Ethics of Foster Care
  39. Conclusion
  40. Acknowledgments

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