adoption in Pa.
Good for you for deciding to adopt! My husband and I already had 3 sons(bio) when we decided that we would like to become foster parents with the hopes of adopting a little girl.We got our license July 13,1999 and 2 days later got a call from the county agency to go pick up a 7 month old baby boy.Today that 7 month old baby boy is now our very energetic 4 1/2 year old son!The adoption process cost us nothing,it was paid for entirely by the agency.We found out that if we would have had to pay for everything it would have cost us in eccess of $15,000.00.The best way to adopt is to become foster parents first,especially if money is tight yet you still want to adopt.The down side with becoming foster parents is that you take the risk of becoming very attached to a child and having that child returned to the parents or removed for adoption by another family.Luckily with our little guy,everything went our way from the very beginning.We adopted him on April 20,2001.I do know that just being put on a waiting to adopt list is long and it can take years before you get a child-even though there are thousands of children in the state waiting to be adopted.In the 2 years since we adopted our son,there have been at least 7 other adoptions in just our town alone and they were all foster care placements first.Before our sons adoption it had been 5 years since the previous adoption.Since our sons adoption we have given up being foster parents.With 4 sons(14,12,10 and 4) I just didn't have the time or energy to deal with it anymore.I just wanted to devote my time to my children and enjoy my little Calvin while he is still little.Good luck in your future adoption endeavors!
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