Editing Adoption (section)

==Cultural variations==
{{Main|Cultural variations in adoption}}

Attitudes and laws regarding adoption vary greatly. Whereas all cultures make arrangements whereby children whose birth parents are unavailable to rear them can be brought up by others, not all cultures have the concept of adoption, that is treating unrelated children as equivalent to biological children of the adoptive parents. Under Islamic Law, for example, adopted children must keep their original surname to be identified with blood relations,<ref>Sayyid Muhammad Rivzi, "Adoption in Islam," [https://web.archive.org/web/20110424234846/http://www.jaffari.org/files/literature/Adoption%20in%20Islam.pdf], 9 April 2010,</ref> and, traditionally, women wear a [[hijab]] in the presence of males in their adoptive households. In [[Egypt]], these cultural distinctions have led to making adoption illegal opting instead for a system of foster care.<ref>Tim Lister and Mary Rogers, "Egypt says adoptive moms were human smugglers," [http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/23/egypt.adoption.trial/index.html?eref=rss_world#cnnSTCText CNN], 23 March 2009,</ref><ref>Jennifer S. Jones, "Is Adoption from Egypt Possible?," [https://adoption.org/adoption-egypt-possible],</ref>

===Homecoming Day===
In some countries, such as the United States, "Homecoming Day" is the day when an adoptee is officially united with their new adoptive family.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Smit|first=Eileen M.|date=2002-12-01|title=Adopted Children: Core Issues and Unique Challenges|journal=Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing|language=en|volume=15|issue=4|pages=143–150|doi=10.1111/j.1744-6171.2002.tb00389.x|pmid=12562132|issn=1744-6171}}</ref>