Switched At Birth

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Switched at Birth Carrie McMillan Composition 1, English 101 Baker College Summary and Response Essay In today’s world when a woman goes off to a hospital to give birth to her child, the woman’s last fear should be that after giving birth to the child that she has carried for nine months that she would go home with the wrong baby. Most women who go through labor are usually exhausted and take the words of the hospital staff that the baby that is being placed in their hands is truly their child. However, there have been many cases where the family does not get the child the mother gave birth to. This is a devastating to all involved; remember there are two families who will be affected by hospitals negligence. How does this happen? How do families find out they have the wrong child? But most important how does this experience affect the lives of the individuals involved? Recently I have been watching a TV series called” Switched at Birth” on the ABC family network. The author of the series is trying to help people understand one version of how everyone involved may be dealing with the situation at hand, being switched at birth. In the first episode of the series “Switched at Birth” the director tries to show the viewer how this subject affects the individuals involved. In the first twenty minutes of the show the author shows the Keenish family who have two teenage children, one of which is dark haired, sassy 16 year old Bay Keenish. They are a wealthy family with a large immaculate home with beautiful artifacts, tennis courts, a pool, a second house over the garage and fancy cars. Bays mom is a beautiful but delicate redhead, her father a tall slender man with light brown hair and her younger brother resembles the mom. However as the scene goes on the director that even know they are wealthy this family still has everyday family issue. The
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