[smilestunner]

I am just really frustrated. I have always held the view that adoption is a wonderful thing. I have even come to the point, or maybe I was always at this point, that adoption is the only thing I want to do. I try and explain this to others and they all say they want their own children, which I guess is understandable. I try to paint a picture for them, I describe that children need stable environments in order to thrive and that due to an increasing number of children given up for adoption each year, many of them will remain in an institution until they are 18 with little love and support. Then they will go out into society as hateful people without the guidance and love of a family and only continue the cycle which they have come from. Also, the world is over-populated already, why add more children to it instead of adopting those in need who are already here? So then I tell them that I see it as being selfish to only want your own children. They claim children in the system are not our problem and that they want their own children because they can share a special bond with them. I understand that, but I also see how the world is today and can imagine myself in the shoes of an orphan or foster child. Honestly, I don't see why people have to have their own children, why they can't just adopt. Especially considering the circumstances of the world these days. It just really makes me angry that I cannot find one person out there who agrees with me......