Adoption/Adoptee Statistics
Adoption facts, statistics, data, & history
History of Adoption
Orphan Trains
Georgia Tann
Indian Boarding Schools
I've linked to an Indigenous creator to follow and support this ongoing education, since to this day these residential schools remain open.
The for Profit Adoption Industry
Should the buying and selling of children account for a nations GDP?
Adoptee/Foster Youth Mental Health and other Risk Factors
Understanding Adoption: a Developmental Approach
How Mother-Child Separation Causes Neurobiological Vulnerability Into Adulthood
A sudden and lasting separation from a parent can permanently alter brain development
The Paradox of Adoption
The Impact of Adoption
7 Core Issues with Adoption for the Adoptee
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Household Composition and Risk of Fatal Child Maltreatment
Maltreatment following reunification: Predictors of subsequent Child Protective Services contact after children return home
Risk of Suicide Attempt in Adopted and Nonadopted Offspring
Adoptees and Suicidal Risk
Relinquishment Trauma
Childhood sexual abuse risk factors
Children living without either parent (foster/adopted children) are 10 times more likely to be sexually abused than children who live with both biological parents. Children who live with a single parent that has a live-in partner are at the highest risk: they are 20 times more likely to be victims of sexual abuse than children living with both biological parents
Sex Abuse and the Foster Care System
Child Maltreatment in Foster Care: A Study of Retrospective Reporting
Adopted Children who Kill their Adoptive Parents
The Adoptive Difference: New Evidence on How Adopted Children Perform in School
An FMRI Meta-Analysis of Childhood Trauma
Adoptee Rights
The United States adoption system goes against 15 out of 30 of UN's rights of a child.
Article 8 highlights part of our birthright that as adoptees is taken away from us the moment we are adopted.
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was enacted in 1978 in response to a crisis affecting American Indian and Alaska Native children, families, and tribes. Studies revealed that large numbers of Native children were being separated from their parents, extended families, and communities by state child welfare and private adoption agencies. In fact, research found that 25%–35% of all Native children were being removed; of these, 85% were placed outside of their families and communities—even when fit and willing relatives were available.
I'm also going to leave a link to an Indigenous creator to follow and support this ongoing education on ICWA.
Illegal Adoptions Around the World
The Six Grave Violations
The six grave violations serve as the basis to gather information and report on violations affecting children, and are:
- Killing and maiming of children;
- Recruitment or use of children as soldiers;
- Sexual violence against children;
- Abduction of children;
- Attacks against schools or hospitals;
- Denial of humanitarian access for children.
Illegal Intercountry Adoptions Must be Prevented and Eliminated: UN Experts
“When illegal intercountry adoptions occur, various human rights are violated, including the rights of every child to preserve their identity,” the experts said in a joint statement published today, adding there are “devastating consequences on the lives and rights of victims.”