Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
4-25-2025
Keywords
adoption, adoptive family, birth family, children, parents
Disciplines
Developmental Psychology
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Galobardi, Michael; Lashley, Lisa K.; and Golden, Charles J., "Adopted Children" (2025). Essays in Developmental Psychology. 9.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/edp/9