There are four main attributes to the social bond; attachment, commitment, involvement, and beliefs. ... The first bond, attachment, refers to a person's sensitivity to and interest in others (Hirshi 1969). One's acceptance of social norms and the development of social conscious depend on attachment for other human beings. Attachment takes three forms according to Hirschi; parents, schools, and peers are important social institutions for a person. ... Adoption has been seen as the best solution to three problems: a biological mother who cannot, will not, or is discouraged from taking...

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It is also expected that she relinquish all parental rights and ties to the child once it has been born, making the couple the sole legal parents of the baby. ... Many of them claim that they underestimated the attachment they would feel for the baby, even though it was not a child conceived out of love. ...

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What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives of different nations."1 In fact, Crevecoeur summarized the history of the American family, in particular, and the American man, in general. There are many kinds of family systems in the world; the English family is but one of them. ...

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