Negro Adoption Through Foster Care: A Study of Twenty Six Foster Families Who Adopted Children at the Spence-Chapin Adoption Service New York N.Y. 1967
Abstract
The problem of unwanted children has existed throughout the history of mankind. Contraception and abortion, two preventive measures, are described in ancient records. When these methods failed or were insufficient to cope with the problem of unwanted increases in the population, infanticide was sanctioned by society. Infanticide, the killing of young children, was an extreme measure used to preserve the existing society or tribe from the dangers of overpopulation. Thus, infanticide was often practiced where survival was precariously maintained at the subsistence level. One more mouth to feed was in reality a matter of life or death for the rest of the group. Other common candidates for infanticide were deformed or physically weak children who would never be able to carry their full weight in contributing to the group's productivity.
Subject Area
Social work|Black studies|Individual & family studies
Recommended Citation
Thompson, Francesca Morosani, "Negro Adoption Through Foster Care: A Study of Twenty Six Foster Families Who Adopted Children at the Spence-Chapin Adoption Service New York N.Y. 1967" (1968). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30359863.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30359863
