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ERA: English Romanian Adoptees
A couple adopted 2 girls they were found to fit in right away and learnt the language very quickly
The eldest "didn't like women" due to everyone in the orphanage being women who would hose her down. She was also said to fear flying things, especially flies, and have a constant thirst for water; she would drink at any given opportunity.
Says that he is unknowing of his father and was the first child born by his biological mother; he went to the first orphanage which was cramped and in awful conditions. He said how he had a bald patch from rubbing his head on the bars, and when he arrived in the UK he'd never seen a man or touched hot water. He maintains a healthy attitude to life by saying that he doesn't blame every difficulty on his prior situation, but understands that some problems do stem from that.
Canadian study. This study involved three separate groups of children:
1. Canadian children who had not been adopted.
2. A group of Romanian children whose median age was 18 ½ months
3. A group of Romanian children who were all adopted before they reached four months old
Found
difference in the attachments formed by children in groups 1 and 3. Group 2 however had attachment difficulties although most formed attachments with their adoptive parents eventually.
Conclusion
The longer children are institutionalised, the harder it becomes for them to form attachments.
Scribanu Atheorised that for every three months in an orphanage, a child will lose one month of development.
Along with aid agencies Many couples having difficulties conceiving through IVF had heard about the Romanian orphanages; they found went over to discover:
Rutter found that differences occurred whether the children were adopted before 6 months or after. The babies who were adopted below 6 months generally adapted better than those who were left in the orphanages for longer.
IQ
before adoption - mean IQ of 63
After adoption -
adopted before 6 months IQ 63 up to 107
adopted after 6 months - IQ 63 had gone up to 90
Weight
before adoption - 51% below normal weight at age 2
at the age of four this had gone down to 2%.
Theories:
It was believed that those who were adopted from the Orphanage were in an incredibly poor and emotional state, with low measurements; the children's head measurement and height were 2 or 3 Standard Deviations lower than those of UK children.
Rutter would take kids out of school every few years (4, 6, 11 and 15) for 3 days to do a series of measurements and tests, which ranged from puzzles to measuring growth and social behavior.