Social Behavior
adoption
a·dop·tion [ uh-dop-shuhn ]
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Family
Definitions related to adoption:
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Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Adoption is the legal process of adding a person to an existing family. All adoptions must be validated by a court of law. Adoption, unlike foster care, is meant to be permanent. The goal of adoption is to provide lifelong security to the child and the adoptive family. Currently, there are more than 2 million adopted children under the...Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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