Adoption

[curtoid]

What are your thoughts about it?

Do you have friends who have adopted, or are adopted - or do you fit either of those? Would you ever consider adoption, and if so would you want only an infant and toddler? Why should someone adopt, and why shouldn't they? Any stories to share??

I'm asking because it seems to be a topic that has come up quite a bit in my life a lot lately - like one of those recurring *signs * that I can't seem to shake. I don't know if it means that I am supposed to pursue this, or what, but I find the more I talk about it with friends, the more I learn of their individual stories to it.

It just seems that with so many kids stuck in our foster care system, and with so many families that have so much to give, that something more should be done.

Thoughts? Comments? Whatevers?



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[Arienette]

my brother in law and his two siblings are all adopted. their parents seem like good people, and they are a nice family. i think adoption can be a very good and noble thing to do. there are so many kids out there who need good parents to raise them.


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[mikeyboy]

I have a couple of friends who were adopted, and they are both in loving supportive families now. I know little or nothing about their birth parents, but I believe it's likely that both have enjoyed a better quality of life because of the love, care and support of their adoptive parents.

I'm in favor of adoption, if only because it puts children who need care and love in the hands of people who want to care for and love a child.

Would I adopt myself? My wife and I would like to have another child, so if we were in a situation in which biologically we were unable to do that, I think we would definitely look into adoption. I think our preference would be to adopt a baby or a toddler. I don't know whether we would also consider adopting an older child. Unfortunately, most people who adopt only want babies or toddlers, and in many cases, only white ones at that. This is a real shame in that children, if not adopted by a certain age, beome less attractive to potential adoptive parents.

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[phixion]

adoption is cool. it keeps poor kids off crime.

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[jeffdwright2001]

My wife and I were prepared to start the process for adoption if this second and last IVF cycle had not been successful.

Since the cycles were self-funded we knew that financially we had to make a decision if the cycle had failed. The desire for a child basically meant that we would need what remaining funds/credit we had available to adopt, thus ruling out the chance of the 3rd cycle.

I do think that the adoption process needs to be revisited as people can become very mired down in the paperwork and politics that are involved.

Affordability and accessability are all issues that face couples that desire to adopt. That's one of the reason's many adoptions occur with the child being from another country. It is typically faster and easier to adopt internationally rather than domestically. What I find peculiar is that somehow our government has managed to help fastrack the international route, but have done practically squat for domestic.

A good friend (single woman) of ours adopted a Romanian baby who has now been here in the states for almost 4 years. We invited them up this past Christmas and went to the Romanian Embassy and joined a holiday celebration that involved family with adopted Romanian Children. We had a great time and learned that due to political issues in Romania the adoption policies were currently on hold.

Maybe if enough of this happens in the other countries our government will be forced to look into the issues that are currently hamstringing the domestic adoption process.

blah blah blah, you probably didn't want to hear all of that.

Adoption is good. :)

[Katylina]

If I end up not being able to have kids, I will want to adopt. I would want to adopt a child on the autistic spectrum to give him/her a greater chance in life.

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[ADF]

I almost think it's selfish for people in America to have their own kids. There are too many people in the world as it is. Still, it's nice to have your "own" child. I live in a relatively affluent suburb and it's nice to see a lot of obviously adopted (i.e. racially different) babies being push around in their respective strollers.

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[smiler grogan]

My cousin is adopted and although my uncle is annoying and has bad case of OCD he did raise a good egg.