For this semester I will be challenging myself to learn more about the family constellation, children who have been adopted. The reason I am interested in this topic is because this is such a diverse group and each adoption can be so different. I myself became an adoptive single parent and as I was going through the process I continually was surprised the state would give me two young children (they were two and four) all by myself.
As far as my beliefs, I always felt that children should have two parents and since I had chosen to do this, I must be selfish. I had to keep telling myself that one parent was better than no parents. I think there are so many children who need a home that if you are able you should help in some way.
In many of the centers I have been in, I have seen children adopted as infants and older, across race lines, relative, same-sex parents and international adoptions. I think if they keep the children's best interest first it is a good head start to combat some of the challenges they may face in the future.
On the darker side of adoption, are the emotional and behavioral concerns so many of these children exhibit.
I look forward to learning more about this topic and seeing what is new in the research.
