Parenting

Parenting

Relating to the process of raising a child from infancy to adulthood.

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amended birth certificate

Parenting; Adoption

The new birth certificate that is issued for an adopted child after an adoption becomes final, which shows the new name of the adopted child and the adoptive parents as the ...

agency adoptions

Parenting; Adoption

Adoption placements that are made by state licensed adoption agencies that screen prospective adoptive parents and supervise the placement of children in adoptive homes until the ...

closed adoptions

Parenting; Adoption

This is the most traditional type of adoption that is still used today, but is declining in popularity as the focus in the relationships between adoptive parents and birth parents ...

caseworker

Parenting; Adoption

These are the individuals that prepare adoption home studies for prospective adoptive parents, assist prospective adoptive parents in obtaining their pre-adoption certification ...

bonding

Parenting; Adoption

The process that a child goes through in developing lasting emotional ties with it's immediate caregivers, which is seen as the first and most significant developmental task of a ...

black market adoptions

Parenting; Adoption

Adoptions that do not conform to the established state and federal laws that regulate adoption, and which usually involve the payment of large sums of money to an adopted child's ...