|
Hi Indiaadoptee,
About 'last resort', I have few comments. Adoption is not always because of failed fertility. There are many who adopt, even after having bio children. Many single mothers or fathers also go for adoption. The reasons for adoption are varied, failure to have bio children is one of them. Why do people have bio children. The reason is they want to raise a family, need someone to talk to, share thoughts and spend time together. The same reasons apply to adopted children. On a tangential note, many parents do think that population in the world is huge and they don't want to add to that, but still want to raise children for the sake of reasons mentioned above. For them adoption is the first choice. I have heard of other reasons for adoption. Some couples have only boys in the family and would like to raise a girl child and vice versa. Now in the case of failed fertility and adoption in this case, it is still a long thought out decision. The decision is to raise children and family.
Separation from the birth family can be many and the adopted family cannot address this. The separation could be because of financial, social issues to untimely demise of birth parents, disasters and so on.
Hope to get your thoughts on these.
I also have a few direct questions and hope to get your thoughts on that.
Is it easier for the adoptee to be of some age at the time adoption?
Is it better for a separated child to be raised by a family or is it better off in an orphanage?
Is it easier for the adoptee if it is adopted from an orphanage where adoption is not the cause of separation from birth family?
Is it easier to be adopted in the same nationality?
Thanks for actively responding.
|