The American Adoption of Indian Children from Mother Theresa's Orphanages
The Parents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12460330 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joan F Goodman (0000-0003-4165-4564, Philadelphia University, corresponding author), Stacy Kim (0000-0002-4248-9663, Philadelphia University) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 5-27 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Adoption Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-6755 • E-ISSN: 1544-452X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j145v03n02_02 |
| OpenAlex | W1566164134 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
This study explores the family backgrounds and personal motives of 70 families who adopted Indian children from Mother Theresa's orphanages in the late 1970s and 1980s. We ask what kind of people seek to adopt children of another ethnic group and color who also are highly likely to have chronic disabilities -physical, emotional, behavioral, intellectual. Our inquiry, while without formal hypotheses, was informed by depictions of altruists and rescuers of Holocaust victims. We found a strong resemblance between the adoptive parents, altruists and rescuers in the following respects: (1) the description of their backgrounds and their own life choices as ordinary; (2) the description of early development and early family relationships as extremely mentally healthy; (3) the highly ethical orientation of their lives combined with a lack of specific ideological commitments. Key Words: AdoptionparentsIndian orphansmotivationbackground
Developmental psychology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2022 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |