Adoption is a legal process through which the rights and duties of parenting are transferred from a child's biological parents and/or legal parents to new legal parents. According to the text's discussion of adoption:
a. a new birth certificate is issued in most adoptions
b. matching children who are available for adoption with prospective adoptive parents is simple and straightforward.
c. more infants are available for adoption today than in the past.
d. few U.S. parents seek to adopt parentless children in developing nations.
a
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Until well into the twentieth century, almost all remarriages followed widowhood
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The marriage debate refers to the debate about whether: a. marriage is becoming more or less popular
b. marriage has become more or less stable over time. c. the family is in decline or dynamic, changing, and resilient. d. the duration of marriage effect truly exists.
Nick and Maya are considering a divorce. They have two young children and are wondering whether it would be better for their children if they divorced or remained married
If you were the mediator, how would you address their concern about whether to divorce or stay together for the sake of the child? a. Children are generally better off when conflict-ridden parents divorce, but non-conflict-ridden parents stay together. b. Children are generally better off when unhappily married parents stay together. c. Children are generally better off when parents divorce and remarry someone else. d. Children are generally better off when parents divorce, but divide their assets equally.