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motherland came when she encountered Korean orphans at Cheanju Orphanage. The
children obviously had all of their basic needs taken care of but many of them lacked the
social and cognitive skills expected of children their age. The toddlers rarely formed
words and many seemed to isolate themselves from the group in the eerily quiet
playroom. (McGinnis, 2007)
Like Dodd suggests, these orphans were being raised in South Korea – by South
Koreans – but there were not enough caregivers to give them the attention and
developmental interaction needed at this time in their lives. They were not available to
be adopted overseas, yet no one was adopting them domestically. Like these Korean
orphans, a countless number of children remain in the country of their birth, largely
ignored by their governments.
Grace Kim was just a teenager when the Korean War broke out in her city of
Seoul. Working for an orphanage that was filled to capacity with the children of war,
Kim dealt, first hand, with the trauma endured by the orphans. Tasked with caring for 50
children, Kim watched little ones cry for their moms and dads while others suffered from
nightmares. With limited food and supplies, there was no way she or any one person
could adequately provide for the numerous children in her care. She prayed that these
orphans would be reunited with family members or be adopted into loving families.
“Anything was better than what they had,” she said. “And what they had was a blessing”
(Levine).
The international adoption views of Peter Dodds and Hollee McGinnis reveal
important positive and negative outcomes that occur within international adoption, which
Object Description
| Title | Babies without borders: exploring perceptions of international adoption |
| Author | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Author email | n.roberts@ymail.com; simplynicolemarie@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Strategic Public Relations |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-31 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Floto, Jennifer D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Lynch, Brenda Thorson, Kjerstin |
| Abstract | International adoption is an incredibly complex and hotly debated issue. In an effort to understand the roots of the system, the author delves deep into the history of adoption and the transition to international adoption in the United States while examining the perceptions of the system today.; Using public relations techniques, the author offers communication-based recommendations that will help mitigate any stigma so that international adoptions continue without the negative undertones that are often associated with the idea of adopting from another country. |
| Keyword | adoption; international adoption |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Greece; Korea; Vietnam; Guatemala; Romania; USSR; China |
| Coverage date | 1939/2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3877 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Roberts-4524 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Roberts-4524.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 45 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 33 motherland came when she encountered Korean orphans at Cheanju Orphanage. The children obviously had all of their basic needs taken care of but many of them lacked the social and cognitive skills expected of children their age. The toddlers rarely formed words and many seemed to isolate themselves from the group in the eerily quiet playroom. (McGinnis, 2007) Like Dodd suggests, these orphans were being raised in South Korea – by South Koreans – but there were not enough caregivers to give them the attention and developmental interaction needed at this time in their lives. They were not available to be adopted overseas, yet no one was adopting them domestically. Like these Korean orphans, a countless number of children remain in the country of their birth, largely ignored by their governments. Grace Kim was just a teenager when the Korean War broke out in her city of Seoul. Working for an orphanage that was filled to capacity with the children of war, Kim dealt, first hand, with the trauma endured by the orphans. Tasked with caring for 50 children, Kim watched little ones cry for their moms and dads while others suffered from nightmares. With limited food and supplies, there was no way she or any one person could adequately provide for the numerous children in her care. She prayed that these orphans would be reunited with family members or be adopted into loving families. “Anything was better than what they had,” she said. “And what they had was a blessing” (Levine). The international adoption views of Peter Dodds and Hollee McGinnis reveal important positive and negative outcomes that occur within international adoption, which |
