Question

two of your friends a couple with fertility difficulties are considering adopting a new born from Romanian orphanage but are concerned that an adopted baby might have bad Gene's. explain to your friends several principles of gene-environment interactions. outline some of the research findings on the outcome for adopted children discussed in the text. in sum, explain to your friends how much effect you thinknthey(and the child's gene) might have on the child's developmental trajectory. would you advise this adoption? why or why not?

Answer 1

Adopting a child from a center is one of the ideal things that your friend can do. They are giving new life to a child. There are many misconceptions regarding fostercare and adopting child from the center. Some of them include the fear of bad genes etc. There's nothing called as a bad gene at all. If you are specific about certain medical and mental conditions, it's advisable to seek medical reports of the child although it sounds little awkward but it may help the child get the right medication only in the events when some child has some medical condition. Now, due to negligence and lack of parental love, some kids may develop ADOPTED CHILD SYDROME. However, this can be easily overcome with the help of a counselor. In fact, it's always advisable to approach counselor immediately after adoption so that it would be helpful for the parents to understand the behavior of the child and also the child would get the confidence in the new parents. Otherwise, the concept of child's gene itself is just a misconception itself.