Adopted Children

Book Title

Essays in Developmental Psychology

Author(s)

Michael Galobardi, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Lisa K. Lashley, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Charles K. Golden, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Essay

Publication Date

2020

Editors

Randall Summers, Charles Golden, Lisa Lashley, & Erica Ailes

Keywords

adopted children, adopted individuals, adoption kinship network, adoption triad, adoptive families, birth parents and families, non-biologically-related adults

Description

Excerpt

Adoption is the legal transfer of parental rights and responsibilities over the care of a child from the birth parents to other adult(s), who will then raise the child. The adoption of children by non-biologically-related adults has a long and complicated history in both the United States and around the world. Over time awareness of adopted individuals, adoptive families, and birth parents and families has increased; all three groups known as the adoption triad, or adoption kinship network.

Additional Information

This is one in a collection of essays as part of a project that began as an encyclopedia of developmental psychology coordinated by Dr. Randall Summers. However, for unforeseen reasons, the publisher was no longer in a position to publish the encyclopedia. This project was undertaken so that thousands of hours of work by psychologists would not go wasted. Enjoy these essays and feel free to cite them using the proper format.

Submit suggestions for corrections and topics to goldench@nova.edu.

Disciplines

Psychology

NSUWorks Citation

Galobardi, M., Lashley, L. K., Golden, C. K. (2020). Adopted Children. Essays in Developmental Psychology.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facbooks/668

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