Adopted Children: A Follow-Up Study of Twenty-Three Children Legally Adopted Through Angel Guardian Home Adoption Department During the First Two Years of Its Operation 1948-1949
Abstract
The chief concern of Child Care is to equip and train the child to function successfully in a normal community. It is recognized that the child has the right to protection from hunger and abuse, the right to legal status, the right to receive the necessities of life from his parents, the right to expect from the community all the things he needs to grow strong and healthy, the right to his own personality and individuality in addition to the right to grow, to be strong physically and to have the medical care he needs.1 The family has always been recognized and valued as the institution which provides for his needs and safeguards his rights, but when the child’s natural parents are unable to assume this responsibility, the community is obligated to intervene. The field of Child Welfare has been attempting to fulfill this obligation by the provision of Child Caring Institutions, in addition to boardinghome and adoptive home placements. Although a relationship with the natural parent, however limited it might be, is considered to be most desirable, when this is not possible, adoption is considered to be the best means of providing for the child’s needs and preserving his rights.
Subject Area
Social work|Social research|Individual & family studies
Recommended Citation
Gerecitano, Catherine Mary, "Adopted Children: A Follow-Up Study of Twenty-Three Children Legally Adopted Through Angel Guardian Home Adoption Department During the First Two Years of Its Operation 1948-1949" (1967). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30359812.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30359812
