I'm Korean but not a adoptee. I've been doing research on adoptions for a paper I'm writing. I'm not judging this specific family but based on the research I've done I don't think international adoptions are a good thing, and especially not when it involves different races. My beliefs are based on reading Korean adoptees memoirs like "All You Can Ever Know" by Nicole Chung and countless others. None of those children were mistreated per sey but clearly many grew up confused about having a different race than their parents and growing up looking Asian while having almost no Asian specifically Korean, Chinese etc cultural upbringing. I'm not saying every Asian adoptee would grow up like this but based on the huge amount of books and testimony that I have watched its clear its a universal longing just as if a Christian child was adopted by Muslims parents and then one day longs for Jesus instinctively. Secondly as a Christian myself I know a lot of these adoptions are done by loving Christian parents however like so many times good intentions it produces bad incentives. In this case South Korea has been knowing as a "baby exporting" country for years and it is wrong. Because the system is set up so often single mothers but often mothers with a husband who are perfectly capable of taking care of the baby are pressured to give it up for various reasons then adoption agencies essentially "sell" the baby at a insane prices in the guise of administrative fees or whatever. I've heard many stories of Korean women being pressured to give up their babies then regret it later but told they can't give the baby back. I'm sure these parents didn't go through some shady agency but the overall demand of babies by mostly white parents produces that incentive for shady actors, in this case Korean, to do that sort of stuff. I'm sure the abuses are not as rife as it was in the 50's or 60's when South Korea was a poor country but that system still persists and its wrong. These Korean babies should be in their own countries raised by their own people, and yes contrary to popular belief there's plenty of Koreans willing to adopt Korean babies despite the racist assumption Koreans won't raise kids who aren't their biological children. Especially with South Korea going from a overpopulation country to a low fertility country, these children being sold to foreigners is WRONG. Thirdly I will pray God gives Jessica and Spencer the wisdom to raise Evelyn right and they get educated on the issues that Korean/Asian adoptees face and I hope they will raise Evelyn with some Korean cultural upbringing for example there are now many Korean summer camps for adoptees like Evelyn. She should be taught the Korean language when she's young so Evelyn when she becomes old enough can choose to embrace her Korean heritage more, beause if she isn't taught Korean when she's young, that door will be shut for her when she gets older. Yes its possible to learn Korean as a adult but its insanely hard for most people.
Compreendo perfeitamente o seu ponto de vista, mas o facto de o cenário actual em muitos países do mundo se verificar uma forte taxa migratória e existir uma grande presença de diversas culturas asiáticas na Europa e América, nomeadamente a chinesa, desmonta parte dos seus argumentos, ainda que sejam parcialmente correctos, mas só parcialmente, porque teria que falar das questões de educação dos filhos e adaptação cultural em casais de etnias culturais diferentes, ou das crianças que nascendo num mesmo pais, mas de origens raciais e culturas diferentes não pudessem ser adoptados por cais de outra raça...sabe, na continuação de um raciocínio desses, estarias no limite a falar em racismo e segregação racial... Em todas as épocas se verificaram fluxos migratórios, que estabeleceram culturas distintas em territórios distantes, como é o caso de coreanos no Brasil, por exemplo. Trazem as suas culturas e enriquecem as existentes, casam com pessoas de outras raças e culturas... Não podemos ver as coisas dessa forma tão fechada. Compreendo o seu ponto de vista, mas não sei se pode ser assim tão linear. Quem acompanha crianças que se deslocam, de outros países, ainda pequenas, percebemos que se adaptam bem e adquirem os hábitos do país acolhedor sem essas dificuldades que expõe e muitas vezes não querem voltar à cultura de origem, porque não a conhecem... De facto, muitas vezes as crianças adoptadas, independentemente das questões étnicas e raciais, têm dificuldade em gerir o facto de serem adoptados, essa é uma questão emocional que tem que ser muito bem gerida na educação das crianças e claro que, quando se tratam de adopções de outras raças, deve existir sempre o respeito pela origem da criança, isso faz parte do verdadeiro amor e respeito por quem é adoptado.
Korea went from one of the easiest places to "adopt" kids to one of the hardest with the strictest regulations. About 9K kids were getting adopted annually internationally at the peak. Now, it's in the hundreds. Low hundreds, maybe a couple hundred a year. (there is a long complicated and somewhat sordid history of Korean adoptions.)
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I can see that Evelyn is feeling so safe n comfortable in their arms❤❤
I'm Korean but not a adoptee. I've been doing research on adoptions for a paper I'm writing. I'm not judging this specific family but based on the research I've done I don't think international adoptions are a good thing, and especially not when it involves different races. My beliefs are based on reading Korean adoptees memoirs like "All You Can Ever Know" by Nicole Chung and countless others. None of those children were mistreated per sey but clearly many grew up confused about having a different race than their parents and growing up looking Asian while having almost no Asian specifically Korean, Chinese etc cultural upbringing. I'm not saying every Asian adoptee would grow up like this but based on the huge amount of books and testimony that I have watched its clear its a universal longing just as if a Christian child was adopted by Muslims parents and then one day longs for Jesus instinctively.
Secondly as a Christian myself I know a lot of these adoptions are done by loving Christian parents however like so many times good intentions it produces bad incentives. In this case South Korea has been knowing as a "baby exporting" country for years and it is wrong. Because the system is set up so often single mothers but often mothers with a husband who are perfectly capable of taking care of the baby are pressured to give it up for various reasons then adoption agencies essentially "sell" the baby at a insane prices in the guise of administrative fees or whatever. I've heard many stories of Korean women being pressured to give up their babies then regret it later but told they can't give the baby back. I'm sure these parents didn't go through some shady agency but the overall demand of babies by mostly white parents produces that incentive for shady actors, in this case Korean, to do that sort of stuff. I'm sure the abuses are not as rife as it was in the 50's or 60's when South Korea was a poor country but that system still persists and its wrong. These Korean babies should be in their own countries raised by their own people, and yes contrary to popular belief there's plenty of Koreans willing to adopt Korean babies despite the racist assumption Koreans won't raise kids who aren't their biological children. Especially with South Korea going from a overpopulation country to a low fertility country, these children being sold to foreigners is WRONG.
Thirdly I will pray God gives Jessica and Spencer the wisdom to raise Evelyn right and they get educated on the issues that Korean/Asian adoptees face and I hope they will raise Evelyn with some Korean cultural upbringing for example there are now many Korean summer camps for adoptees like Evelyn. She should be taught the Korean language when she's young so Evelyn when she becomes old enough can choose to embrace her Korean heritage more, beause if she isn't taught Korean when she's young, that door will be shut for her when she gets older. Yes its possible to learn Korean as a adult but its insanely hard for most people.
You are right! 🤗🇵🇱
Compreendo perfeitamente o seu ponto de vista, mas o facto de o cenário actual em muitos países do mundo se verificar uma forte taxa migratória e existir uma grande presença de diversas culturas asiáticas na Europa e América, nomeadamente a chinesa, desmonta parte dos seus argumentos, ainda que sejam parcialmente correctos, mas só parcialmente, porque teria que falar das questões de educação dos filhos e adaptação cultural em casais de etnias culturais diferentes, ou das crianças que nascendo num mesmo pais, mas de origens raciais e culturas diferentes não pudessem ser adoptados por cais de outra raça...sabe, na continuação de um raciocínio desses, estarias no limite a falar em racismo e segregação racial... Em todas as épocas se verificaram fluxos migratórios, que estabeleceram culturas distintas em territórios distantes, como é o caso de coreanos no Brasil, por exemplo. Trazem as suas culturas e enriquecem as existentes, casam com pessoas de outras raças e culturas... Não podemos ver as coisas dessa forma tão fechada. Compreendo o seu ponto de vista, mas não sei se pode ser assim tão linear. Quem acompanha crianças que se deslocam, de outros países, ainda pequenas, percebemos que se adaptam bem e adquirem os hábitos do país acolhedor sem essas dificuldades que expõe e muitas vezes não querem voltar à cultura de origem, porque não a conhecem... De facto, muitas vezes as crianças adoptadas, independentemente das questões étnicas e raciais, têm dificuldade em gerir o facto de serem adoptados, essa é uma questão emocional que tem que ser muito bem gerida na educação das crianças e claro que, quando se tratam de adopções de outras raças, deve existir sempre o respeito pela origem da criança, isso faz parte do verdadeiro amor e respeito por quem é adoptado.
How many American kids never get adopted !?
Why do Correa keep the kids so long?
Korea went from one of the easiest places to "adopt" kids to one of the hardest with the strictest regulations. About 9K kids were getting adopted annually internationally at the peak. Now, it's in the hundreds. Low hundreds, maybe a couple hundred a year.
(there is a long complicated and somewhat sordid history of Korean adoptions.)