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Adoption in China

I watched the video clip presented by Laura A. Cecere entitled, “Saving Girls’ Lives: International Adoptions from China.” Chinese adoptions help families in many ways. Over the decades, the idea of adoption has changed. Having many children used to be a sign of virtue. The more offspring you have, the more successful you are, because it takes more money. If someone wanted to adopt, the adoption had to take place through your extended family. A son also equaled social security. When a child was put up for adoption in China, the family who was “giving” had to give a bearing cost to the “receiving” family. From 1891-1920, 74% of all females were adopted. More than half of this percentage were under the age of six months. Many people wanted to adopt girls to raise them as future daughter-in-laws. In some cases, the girls would eventually end up commiting suicide because they did not want to ...

Posted by: Rainey Day

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