Marsha Traugot's essay "The Children Who Wait" discusses the scene of adoption in American context.Marsha Traugot begins her essay with with the picture of Tammy,which has been published in a magazine with the hope that someone would be ready to adopt her.She is five and half years old with the face of Mona Lisa.The writer describes her unadaptable child had she been born before 1960.During that period only white healthy children were considered adaptable.Physically deformed children's were referred as damaged goods.No one was ready to adopt such children.The children who were blacks,mixed racial group,handicapped and over five years were not adopted by
families.This view,however started disappearing after the sixties.People's attitude towards them gradually became positive.The change in thoughts was brought by various factors.Traugot mentions black civil right movement,legalization of abortion,change in the attitude of people,and change in governments policy as responsible factors.Black civil rights movement brought sympathetic attitude towards black people.White people started regarding them as humans and treated accordingly.Another responsible factors was women's movement.Because of women's movement they got right to decide on the matter of childbirth in addition to other right.The lady who had to do abortion to maintain her could live with dignity with her child.It has the impact in reduction of unwanted children.The third factor responsible for change in attitude was government's policy towards adoption.The government used to emphasizes on foster care before the seventies.As they became aware about the drawbacks of foster care,they made changes in their policy.Rater than emphasizing on foster care,they tried to find permanent home for homeless children.Another factor responsible is the role played by social activists.Their campaign brought changes not only in attitude of the people but also in behavior.Prior to the 1960,the social activists considered white,two parent,and middle or upper class children's family as an ideal adoptive family.But now the situation has changed.The social workers give children for adoption to even single or two parents,black or biracial,upper class or working class,childless or families with older siblings.The catch phrase of the social worker is 'Matching'activists try to get proper family for destitute child.Unlike previous activists,they can't get two parent family,they need to evaluate the characteristics of a child and match it with the proper family.Now adoption agencies collect the lists of parents who want to adopt child.They match qualities of children with the need of parents,let both of them meet and interact.If this system does not work,They publish the profile of homeless children in television or newspaper to look for adoptive parents.
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