Ever need a fact or quotation on adoptees? Designed for speechwriters, journalists, writers, researchers, students, professors, teachers, historians, academics, scrapbookers, trivia buffs and word lovers, this is the largest book ever created for this single word. It represents a compilation from a variety of sources with a linguistic emphasis on anything relating to the term "adoptees," including non-conventional usage and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities. The entries cover all parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb or adjective usage) as well as use in modern slang, pop culture, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in many unexpected examples for adoptees, since the editorial decision to include or exclude terms is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
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Journalism Usage
Broadcast - News: April 18, 2002 — Headline: The Youngest Immigrants: Adopted Children. Excerpt: Last year Americans adopted over sixteen thousand orphans from other countries. Most came from Russia. The second largest number of adoptees were from China. Today on New American Voices two Chinese girls and their adoptive mother talk about the experience.
Sweden - News: August 8, 2002 — Headline: Study Says Foreign-Born Adoptees Face More Emotional Problems. Excerpt: Swedish researchers have found that children adopted from foreign countries face more emotional problems than native-born children living with their natural parents. Mental health and social difficulties appear more common among foreign born adoptees. … Sweden is ideal for such research because it has the world's largest per capita number of adoptees from other nations. This is the result of the decline in the number of Swedish children available for adoption in the late-1960s. … Pediatrician Anders Hjern of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare and colleagues found that by the time the foreign adoptees were teenagers or young adults, they were at higher risk for maladjustment than children born in Sweden to Swedish parents. They were three to five times more likely to commit or attempt suicide, be admitted for a psychiatric disorder, or abuse alcohol or drugs. … But despite the higher risk of social troubles, the number affected is only a minority of foreign-born adoptees. Eighty-four percent of the boys and 92 percent of the girls in the study coped well. Child psychiatrist Wun Jung Kim of the Medical College of Ohio says this is seen in other studies from Europe and the United States. … "A certain group of adoptees has a higher risk, but the majority of them, despite some inherent risk, do well under the nurturing, caring environment of adoptive homes," he said. … Dr. Kim, a South Korean native, says the data on the adoptees with emotional difficulties should not deter people from choosing babies from other nations. … Although only a minority of foreign adoptees are troubled, study leader Anders Hjern says adoption agencies should nevertheless inform prospective adoptive parents of the risks. Moreover, he says psychiatric professionals should do a better job supporting such children into adulthood.
Legal Usage
Government of Haiti. Decree of 4 April 1974 amends provisions of decree of 25 March 1966 on adoption and establishes a new procedure on the matter, aimed at the equality of rights and obligations between the adoptees and those of biological filiation. Published in Le Moniteur, Journal Officiel de la Republique d'Haiti on April 04, 1974.
Government of Nicaragua. Decree 862 of 10/12/81 enacts the Adoption Law. This law is divided into the following parts: the adopters; the adoptees; procedures; inscription and its effects; and final provisions. Published in La Gaceta, Diario Oficial on October 12, 1981.
Governmental Usage
Minorities in Dominican Republic. In many cases, adoptive parents do not treat the adoptees as full family members and expect them to work in the households or family businesses rather than attend school.
Worker Rights in Dominican Republic. Many children leave the country as adoptees, but government officials have made such adoptions much more difficult and, they hope, have prevented would-be traffickers from abusing the system.
Bibliographic Usage
Ader, Francois. Author of "Les dispositions adoptees: les questions que'elles posent (Questions Raised by the Stands Taken on Sex Education)," published in Pedagogie, vol. 28, no. 9, p. 827-32, in November 1973.
Agence Internationale D'Information Pour La Presse. Publication of "Declarations adoptees lors du sommet etats-unis/CE du 9 novembre, a la Haye." Agence Internationale D'Information Pour La Presse. Published in 1991.
Ahn-Redding, Heather. Author of "Intercountry adoptees tell their stories." Heather Ahn-Redding and Rita J. Simon. Publisher: Lexington Books (Lanham, MD; Toronto). Published in 2007.
Alberti, Francois. Author of "Dictionnaire Francois-Italien: extrait de celui de Mr. L'Abbe Francois Alberti de Villeneuve; enrichi d'un supplement contenant la definition et l'explication des principaux termes de droit, la geographie modern, et les termes adoptees apres la revolution." Published in 1810.
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Journalism Usage
Broadcast - News: April 18, 2002 — Headline: The Youngest Immigrants: Adopted Children. Excerpt: Last year Americans adopted over sixteen thousand orphans from other countries. Most came from Russia. The second largest number of adoptees were from China. Today on New American Voices two Chinese girls and their adoptive mother talk about the experience.
Sweden - News: August 8, 2002 — Headline: Study Says Foreign-Born Adoptees Face More Emotional Problems. Excerpt: Swedish researchers have found that children adopted from foreign countries face more emotional problems than native-born children living with their natural parents. Mental health and social difficulties appear more common among foreign born adoptees. … Sweden is ideal for such research because it has the world's largest per capita number of adoptees from other nations. This is the result of the decline in the number of Swedish children available for adoption in the late-1960s. … Pediatrician Anders Hjern of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare and colleagues found that by the time the foreign adoptees were teenagers or young adults, they were at higher risk for maladjustment than children born in Sweden to Swedish parents. They were three to five times more likely to commit or attempt suicide, be admitted for a psychiatric disorder, or abuse alcohol or drugs. … But despite the higher risk of social troubles, the number affected is only a minority of foreign-born adoptees. Eighty-four percent of the boys and 92 percent of the girls in the study coped well. Child psychiatrist Wun Jung Kim of the Medical College of Ohio says this is seen in other studies from Europe and the United States. … "A certain group of adoptees has a higher risk, but the majority of them, despite some inherent risk, do well under the nurturing, caring environment of adoptive homes," he said. … Dr. Kim, a South Korean native, says the data on the adoptees with emotional difficulties should not deter people from choosing babies from other nations. … Although only a minority of foreign adoptees are troubled, study leader Anders Hjern says adoption agencies should nevertheless inform prospective adoptive parents of the risks. Moreover, he says psychiatric professionals should do a better job supporting such children into adulthood.
Legal Usage
Government of Haiti. Decree of 4 April 1974 amends provisions of decree of 25 March 1966 on adoption and establishes a new procedure on the matter, aimed at the equality of rights and obligations between the adoptees and those of biological filiation. Published in Le Moniteur, Journal Officiel de la Republique d'Haiti on April 04, 1974.
Government of Nicaragua. Decree 862 of 10/12/81 enacts the Adoption Law. This law is divided into the following parts: the adopters; the adoptees; procedures; inscription and its effects; and final provisions. Published in La Gaceta, Diario Oficial on October 12, 1981.
Governmental Usage
Minorities in Dominican Republic. In many cases, adoptive parents do not treat the adoptees as full family members and expect them to work in the households or family businesses rather than attend school.
Worker Rights in Dominican Republic. Many children leave the country as adoptees, but government officials have made such adoptions much more difficult and, they hope, have prevented would-be traffickers from abusing the system.
Bibliographic Usage
Ader, Francois. Author of "Les dispositions adoptees: les questions que'elles posent (Questions Raised by the Stands Taken on Sex Education)," published in Pedagogie, vol. 28, no. 9, p. 827-32, in November 1973.
Agence Internationale D'Information Pour La Presse. Publication of "Declarations adoptees lors du sommet etats-unis/CE du 9 novembre, a la Haye." Agence Internationale D'Information Pour La Presse. Published in 1991.
Ahn-Redding, Heather. Author of "Intercountry adoptees tell their stories." Heather Ahn-Redding and Rita J. Simon. Publisher: Lexington Books (Lanham, MD; Toronto). Published in 2007.
Alberti, Francois. Author of "Dictionnaire Francois-Italien: extrait de celui de Mr. L'Abbe Francois Alberti de Villeneuve; enrichi d'un supplement contenant la definition et l'explication des principaux termes de droit, la geographie modern, et les termes adoptees apres la revolution." Published in 1810.
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