We were asked to watch a video then comment on 2 of the following 4 questions:
Based on what you’ve learned so far, pick two of the following questions and post your responses by clicking the "reply" link within this message.
- Identify some of the common experiences of CIC prior to their removal and placement in foster care and why this is important for you to know.
- What are some of the factors contributing to a birth parent’s inability to meet the needs of their children? Having learned about some of the CIC's experiences prior to removal/placement in care, how do you feel about their birth parents?
- What are some of the similarities and differences between families formed biologically and families formed through adoption?
Below is my response!
1. CIC prior to removal and placement in foster care are sometimes mature beyond their years, because they were responsible for taking care of themselves, and often their parents or other siblings. This is important to know, so that we can prepare to teach children that we adopt that we are their parents, and they are our children. The also may have been abused physically or sexually which can lead to many different outcomes in the childrens’ personalities and choices. It is important to know that children may have had these experiences because adoptive parents need to be sure they are ready to assume the commitment to helping them through past hurts, as well as be ready to deal with possible violence, and to teach personal boundaries. Prior to placement in foster care the children may have experienced neglect (food, shelter, love) this could lead to stealing, hording of food, lying, and acting out in other ways. Children’s prior experiences have direct bearing on the way they live their lives today, and we as adoptive parents will need to know how to react when potential problems arise.
4. Some of the similarities of families formed biologically and families formed through adoption would include things like the family structure (Parent/Parents & Child/Children) and that each family structure can be unique (Same sex parents, single parents, etc). To me the main characteristic of any type of family is a love and commitment to each other.
Some of the differences of families formed biologically and families formed through adoption could include things like having an openness agreement with birth family members of adopted children, not knowing full medical histories of adopted children & adopted children’s birth family,as well as possibly not experiencing the adopted child’s younger years with
them (as in an older child adoption), and therefore not being aware of some
underlying issues that may cause problems to arise. In an adoptive family the parents and children do not share genetics. When answering this question I stumbled across this website/document which I thought had a few good bits of information on what makes a family: http://www.lianalowenstein.com/article.goldman.pdf
4. Some of the similarities of families formed biologically and families formed through adoption would include things like the family structure (Parent/Parents & Child/Children) and that each family structure can be unique (Same sex parents, single parents, etc). To me the main characteristic of any type of family is a love and commitment to each other.
Some of the differences of families formed biologically and families formed through adoption could include things like having an openness agreement with birth family members of adopted children, not knowing full medical histories of adopted children & adopted children’s birth family,as well as possibly not experiencing the adopted child’s younger years with
them (as in an older child adoption), and therefore not being aware of some
underlying issues that may cause problems to arise. In an adoptive family the parents and children do not share genetics. When answering this question I stumbled across this website/document which I thought had a few good bits of information on what makes a family: http://www.lianalowenstein.com/article.goldman.pdf
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