The Children Money Can Buy: Stories from the Frontlines of Foster Care and Adoption

The Children Money Can Buy covers decades of dramatic societal change in foster care and adoption, including...
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Author: Anne Moody
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Language: English
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The Children Money Can Buy: Stories from the Frontlines of Foster Care and Adoption by Moody, Anne

The Children Money Can Buy: Stories from the Frontlines of Foster Care and Adoption

BD$60.17

The Children Money Can Buy: Stories from the Frontlines of Foster Care and Adoption

BD$60.17
Author: Anne Moody
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The Children Money Can Buy covers decades of dramatic societal change in foster care and adoption, including the pendulum swings regarding open adoption and attitudes toward birth parents, the gradual acceptance of gay and lesbian adoption, the proliferation of unregulated adoption facilitators in the U.S., ethical concerns related to international adoption, and the role money inevitably plays in the foster care and adoption systems. Special attention is given to the practice of "baby brokering" and the accompanying exorbitant finder's fees and financial incentives encouraging birth mothers to relinquish (or pretend that they are planning to relinquish) their babies that permeate much of U.S. infant adoption today. The Children Money Can Buy illuminates the worlds of foster care and adoption through the personal stories Moody witnessed and experienced in her many years working in the foster care and adoption systems. These compelling stories about real people and situations illustrate larger life lessons about the way our society values-and fails to value-parents and children. They explore the root of ethical problems which are not only financially driven but reflect society's basic belief that some children are more valuable than others. Finally, Moody makes a plea for change and gives suggestions about how the foster care and adoption systems could work together for the benefit of children and families.

Author: Anne Moody
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 09/15/2022
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9781538174234

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