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other families are forced into the international adoption process when their children are
kidnapped and sent overseas for adoption. In 2008, a mother was reunited with her
daughter who was stolen 18 months before. The Guatemala Commission on Human
Rights found the child, only after the mother spotted her with an attorney involved in the
final stages of the child’s adoption process (McCreery-Bunkers, Groza, Lauer, 2009).
In an article published by Kelley McCreery-Bunkers, Victor Groza and Daniel P.
Lauer, they shed light on the “financial trap,” in which international adoption can place
poor families. Since most Guatemalans survive on less than $1 a day, the offer of $1,500
for an infant is difficult to turn down when that amount will provide for the family for up
to three years. The money is delivered in three payments of $500 and the mother can
reportedly cancel the agreement at anytime. The catch lies in the fact that the mother
must pay the money immediately if the agreement is canceled. By the time a mother
changes her mind, some or all of the money has been spent – herein lies the international
adoption financial trap (McCreery-Bunkers, Groza, Lauer, 2009).
Falsified inducement is another strategy used in Guatemala that is further
explained by the three researchers. Families are often promised better healthcare and
improved education for their children as a way of convincing them to relinquish them to
adoption abroad. Sadly, some are promised that their children will be returned to them
when their education is complete while others are told they will receive letters and
updates from the child in an open adoption that is rarely carried through.
Because of growing concerns regarding the corrupt practices revealed in
Guatemala’s international adoption process, European nations suspended Guatemalan
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 52 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 40 other families are forced into the international adoption process when their children are kidnapped and sent overseas for adoption. In 2008, a mother was reunited with her daughter who was stolen 18 months before. The Guatemala Commission on Human Rights found the child, only after the mother spotted her with an attorney involved in the final stages of the child’s adoption process (McCreery-Bunkers, Groza, Lauer, 2009). In an article published by Kelley McCreery-Bunkers, Victor Groza and Daniel P. Lauer, they shed light on the “financial trap,” in which international adoption can place poor families. Since most Guatemalans survive on less than $1 a day, the offer of $1,500 for an infant is difficult to turn down when that amount will provide for the family for up to three years. The money is delivered in three payments of $500 and the mother can reportedly cancel the agreement at anytime. The catch lies in the fact that the mother must pay the money immediately if the agreement is canceled. By the time a mother changes her mind, some or all of the money has been spent – herein lies the international adoption financial trap (McCreery-Bunkers, Groza, Lauer, 2009). Falsified inducement is another strategy used in Guatemala that is further explained by the three researchers. Families are often promised better healthcare and improved education for their children as a way of convincing them to relinquish them to adoption abroad. Sadly, some are promised that their children will be returned to them when their education is complete while others are told they will receive letters and updates from the child in an open adoption that is rarely carried through. Because of growing concerns regarding the corrupt practices revealed in Guatemala’s international adoption process, European nations suspended Guatemalan |
