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This case study researches on the relationship between foster parents and adopted child.
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CHAPTER I: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction
“You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
- Desmond Tutu”
When a mother gives birth to her child, it is the ultimate bonding experience. All
parents wanted their children protected and secured by giving them tender, loving, care
and a future of prosperity and well – being. Fortunate are those children who have these
kinds of parents. On the other hand, the orphans and unwanted babies are lost and find
themselves in the care of foster parents. Although some of them find hard time adjusting,
still they enjoyed their privileged of being an adopted child.
Not only the adopted child had problems but also their foster parents. In many
ways, their problems are also valid and must also be addressed and not a hindrance to
noble implications of fostering an orphan.
The problem has to be identified so that a solution can be made which will results
to a better condition to both adopted child and the foster parents.
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Background of the Study
When a parent has a child, it is an important moment of bonding in both the
parents and the child’s lives. As the adopted child goes old, they will always be curious
about their true heritage. Try to imagine that you know nothing about your family
background. A feeling of emptiness overwhelms these children. In this time, he or she
should be filled with knowledge of his or her family history, perhaps even a relationship
with his or her biological parent. In this way, they will feel more secure knowing that
their biological parents care about them.
Conceptual Framework
Both problems of the adopted child and the foster parents are valid and cannot be
avoided. They are being encountered because of the natural and logical effects of the
systems that regulates and control the functions by which they are conceptualized to
attain in the first place.
To resolve these problems, it has to be identified what they are, its causes and
effects, its introduction to the biological parents and preventing the feeling of the
isolation of the child.
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Statement of the Problem
This study concerns about the problems encountered by the adopted children and
their foster parents. It attempts to answer the following related problems:
1. What problem is being encountered by the adopted child and their foster parents?
2. How serious are these problems being encountered by the adopted child and their
foster parents as to:
2.1. Child – parent relationships?
2.2. Interest?
2.3. Future?
3. What are the perceived solutions to the problems encountered by the adopted child
and the foster parents?
Hypothesis
The greater the passivity and helplessness of the child, or the greater the child’s
missing autonomy of action, the greater ability of applicants to take on the parental role.
According to Gehlen, the mere physical presence of the extremely small and helpless
being simulates a parent – child relationship that approximates the normal case of family
constitution and stirs the instinctual residues inside human being.
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Significance of the Study
This study will benefit the following people: Adopted child and foster parents
themselves because they convey what their parents are and hoping that concerned
persons can help them solve the problems. Childless couples who are planning to adopt
an orphan. Government officials who formulate laws to come up with bills for congress
that aimed for better conditions of the adopted child.
Scope and Delimitation
The study covers 12 adopted children and their corresponding foster parents who
are from Metro Manila. All were of private sectors and none came from known.
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Definition of Terms
Adopted child. An orphan who is legally taken care of by a financially stabled couple.
Encounter. The act of undergoing while in the process of playing the relationships of
adopted child and foster parents.
Foster parents. A parent who takes good care of the adopted child.
Melancholy. Feeling or making somebody feel a thoughtful or gentle sadness.
Orphan. A child whose parents are both dead or who has been abandoned by his or her
parents, especially a child not adopted by another family
Orphanage. A home or other institutional setting for orphans, often operated by a local
government or charitable organization
Problems. It refers to anything that posses a stumbling block in a smooth relationships
between the adopted child and the foster parents.
Status. The present condition of the problem of the adopted child and the foster parents
particularly on their relationships, interest and future.
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CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Local Literature
Melancholy is being felt by an adopted child. Nowadays, parents are so busy for
work so they left their children with their nanny. It is normal for a child to mingle and
play with his or her same age level but in this case, sadness will always be felt by the
child.
Foster parents should also be aware of the implications brought about by adopting
a child. They have to be sure that they can give and prepare the good future of the child
physically, emotionally, mentally, financially, morally and spiritually.
Foreign Literature
Foster parents were caught surprised as they observed while the child is growing.
They found the child too different from what they expect the child to become (2008,
Dyne). Many foster parents adopt children with the expectations that they can help
helpless child into a gown normal person. But out of such expectations, many have
become rebellious and independent. These children felt they were not being loved. There
was one article in Reader’s Digest in which the adopted boy had some physical injuries
due to mal treatment of his foster father (2005, Ross).
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Local Studies
According to Tess in her baby thesis, the study is concerned about how to adopt a
child and their duties, responsibilities and accountabilities in pursuing this adoption of a
child. It covered subjects among foster parents in Kalibo, Aklan. The main reason why a
parent adopts a child is because they can’t bear a child and for security reasons that there
will be someone to take care of them when they become old.
Foreign Studies
D.L. Wythe conducted his study on foster parents that resulted to the following
findings:
1. Minimum of them were successful in being a good foster parents.
2. A large number of them were successful in sending their adopted children to
colleges and even finished a degree.
3. Few failed to guide their adopted child in giving them a better life.
4. Most of them were happy in with their adopted child.
5. Most of them found their relationships with their adopted child better than they
expected.
Lawrence stressed out that the adopted child was bothered in one way or another
especially when they found out the truths about being an adopted child. In this phase,
some change their attitudes and views in life to the extent that they become rebellious.
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CHAPTER III: METHODS AND PROCEDURES
Research Design
The researcher describes the phenomenon in terms of its characteristics and nature
by using the descriptive research.
Respondents of the Study
The number of questionnaires was given equally of 12 adopted children and 12
foster parents of the corresponding adopted children with a total number of 24
respondents.
Data Gathering Procedure
Data for this study were gathered using a survey research in which the
respondents were requested to fill up following directions indicate in each question. The
questionnaires were designed for both respondents.
The data were based from literature and studies and comprises secondary sources
of data. Both local and foreign literatures were derived to confirm and strengthen its
validation.
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Statistical Treatment of Data
Gathered data were been subjected to statistical measurements to weigh the level
of their seriousness as result of this study after a thorough investigation. The simple
frequency distributions expressed in percentage was used. The formula is:
P = f/n x 100
Where: P = percentage
F = frequency
N = number of cases
The Likert scales was also used using the following verbal interpretation:
Percentage:
76 – 100% very serious
51 – 75% serious
26 – 50% less serious
1 – 25% not serious
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Aquino, Gaudencio. (2002). Fundamentals of Research. Mandaluyong City.
Dyne, Robert C. (2006, December). Parental Care. Health Journal, Vol. XII.
Lawrence, Carl S. (2003). The advantages and disadvantages of adopting a child, A
Study Research Paper. Alabama: Technological Institute.
Paloma, Lilibeth T. (2005, November 15). Caring the Adopted Child. Todays Health: The
Philippines Standard.
Riem, Christa H. (1990). The Adopted Child: Family Life with Double Parenthood.
Germany: Transaction Publishers.
Ross, A.L. (2005, March). Child Problems. Reader’s Digest Asian Ed. p. 46.
Tolentino, Tess N. (2005).Adopting a Child, A baby thesis. Kalibo, Aklan: Aklan
University
Wythe, D.L. (2007). Foster Parents: An Assessment of their Roles in the Society, An
undergraduate thesis. Texas, USA: Interhollow high State of Texas.
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