The literature review clearly indicates the need for an educational paradigm to serve as a psychosocial intervention to mitigate damages of the qualia of Gold Star Children (America’s war orphans) from parental death to war, to empower with resilience, holistic wellness, and life skills strategies, while furthering a socially inclusive, supportive, and compassionate environment. This at-risk/high-risk population (CITE THIS) experiences not only the equivalency of a murdered parent, but the psychological
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having their adoptive parents hang over their heads like the sword of Damocles. Adults who want to annul their adoption, should not have to get a petition from the court, biological parents or adoptive parents because these adults were given to these families without their consent and if not happy they should be able to end their adoption. Many assume adoption is always the best option, that adoption is in every child best interest. Some believe that the life of an adoptive human being, no matter the
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I would like to discuss a serious topic that is happening to mothers around the world. Mothers in California and the United States, deal with the problem of unpaid maternity or family leave. Mothers in certain jobs don’t get the rightful benefit or proper pay of maternity leave. Some mothers have to gather enough sick time to get maternity leave, and that just doesn’t seem right. With the pay that you get from state disability, many can barely pay the medical bills that come with a pregnancy and
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Consequently, this definitely impacted my view on who my parents really were, that they were not perfect, they make mistakes, and that they can disappoint you. Furthermore, this caused a big divide in my family, where all of us had to deal with what happened, where I went to therapy and eventually I figured out that I have social anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder. In which, I probably would not have found or find a solution to this problem till much
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In America the majority of people have some experience with adoption, whether through being a part of a family with an adopted child or being an adopted child themselves. Through the process of adopting, the “court declare a person who is not a child’s natural parent to be the child’s legal parent and the relationship to be permanent.” Often when talking about adoption one will hear the term triad which, “refers to the three main people or groups of people directly involved in all adoptions.”
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Adoption is an Option Adoption is but one of the many things in this world we can do to make a difference. Young couples, or families just getting started, should know that adoption is a positive option for starting a family. Adopting a child can change a family’s life. By adopting, families are helping children feel loved and safe. Adoption can be a struggle, useful for homosexual couples, good to get children out of inadequate countries, and a way to give a child what the birth parents could not
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Monica is a 34 year old African American female who currently has an open DCF case for stable housing and income. Monica’s case a direct file case which means the children is allowed to remain in her custody and care with supervision by the department for 6 months. The case came to the abuse hotline due to reports of the mother and her children sleeping in the car. The mother is currently residing in a shelter and is working with a social worker on identify appropriate and affording housing for her
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Close adoption is detrimental to all parties involve especially the child. Children who are adopted often feel lost and confused, especially if the adoption is/was kept as a secret. Many children often go on the search for their birth parents. They long to fit in and to find their true identities. These children would show signs of harmful behaviors and often need psychological interventions. They feel lost, hopeless and abandoned. These feelings are preventable with the used of open adoption. Open
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what will these kids be thinking when they're sixteen, and they do not have a dad. Children get affected by so many things at a young age, but what people don’t understand, is that children are smarter than you think. Diane McSweeney, a marriage, family, and child counselor for the San Diego Unified
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1.15.1. Communicating with Children about Divorce: Divorced parents are advised to help their children talk about and share things about each other so that the children can integrate the two parents lives and life style into a whole some, meaningful system of living. Anger, hurt, jealousy, and other negative emotions may make such an adjustment hard for both adults and children. Many parents try to be honest with their children about divorce. They know that they should prepare them for the two separate
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