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that the Bickels’ one desire was for these orphaned children to grow up with the care
and attention they so desperately needed.
According to Jean, many of the people who come to GLA in hopes of adopting a
Haitian child, do so because Haitian adoptions cost less than adoptions from other
countries. God’s Littlest Angels was not created to be a baby-selling, moneymaking
machine. There was a legitimate need in Port-au-Prince and the Bickels saw a way
they could help. Jean also mentioned that potential adoptive parents might be more
drawn to the idea of adopting a needy child in a developing country rather than one
from the United States because federal child welfare conditions are more adequate
here than abroad.
In situations such as this, where lifelong institutionalization is the only alternative
for orphans, the question regarding what is best for the child does not seem as
difficult to answer. If given a choice between leaving the child in an institution with
little hope of domestic adoption versus providing a child with a home in another
country, international adoption seems to be the best alternative.
The second international advocate interviewed was Sharon Turner, Director of
the Ethiopia Program at Children’s Hope International. Not only is Sharon a lifelong
advocate of international adoption, she is also an adoptive mother of two girls from
India. She has seen international adoption from varied perspectives: first, as a young
girl watching television as Vietnamese children were flown into the States during
Operation Babylift and then, when she became an adoptive parent, two times over.
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 62 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 50 that the Bickels’ one desire was for these orphaned children to grow up with the care and attention they so desperately needed. According to Jean, many of the people who come to GLA in hopes of adopting a Haitian child, do so because Haitian adoptions cost less than adoptions from other countries. God’s Littlest Angels was not created to be a baby-selling, moneymaking machine. There was a legitimate need in Port-au-Prince and the Bickels saw a way they could help. Jean also mentioned that potential adoptive parents might be more drawn to the idea of adopting a needy child in a developing country rather than one from the United States because federal child welfare conditions are more adequate here than abroad. In situations such as this, where lifelong institutionalization is the only alternative for orphans, the question regarding what is best for the child does not seem as difficult to answer. If given a choice between leaving the child in an institution with little hope of domestic adoption versus providing a child with a home in another country, international adoption seems to be the best alternative. The second international advocate interviewed was Sharon Turner, Director of the Ethiopia Program at Children’s Hope International. Not only is Sharon a lifelong advocate of international adoption, she is also an adoptive mother of two girls from India. She has seen international adoption from varied perspectives: first, as a young girl watching television as Vietnamese children were flown into the States during Operation Babylift and then, when she became an adoptive parent, two times over. |
