Pros And Cons Of Adoption

Being an adoptive parent can be as fulfilling, or even more so, than being a birth parent, and more individuals need to consider adopting children as a valid life choice. Adoption has been chosen by 7092 individuals or couples in 2013 (InterCountry Adoption Statistics). However, even with those adoptions, “an estimated 20,000 young people ‘age out’ of the U.S. foster care system” (Foster Care Resource Center). With more couples being able to adopt, that number could eventually be reduced to zero.

An adoption is when an adult assumes the legal role of parent for a child who is not their biological child. There are multiple types of adoptions, and various circumstances surrounding each. When most people think of adoption they think of orphans,

The first step in improving these rates is to show how happy and satisfied adoptions really are. Adults need to have this information given to them in several forms and mediums. One way to begin is to have positive adoption information, and even some interviews with adoptive families, when couples come in to discuss fertility treatments. These meetings should focus on the positives of adoption, showing how an adoptive family can be happy and satisfied.

Another change that should be made is to discuss adoption options when couples are getting marriage licenses. This is the perfect opportunity to catch couples who are planning to have a family. By showing accurate information, couples can begin to consider adoption as a way to grow their family while helping a child in need.

However, I think a better long term answer would be to educate late teens about adoption when they begin to have their own families. They could be shown examples of successful adoptions, meet other students their ages who were adopted, view video testimonials and be given take-home pamphlets to share with

There are relatively few people who can give marriage licenses, so educating them and providing the materials wouldn’t be difficult. Providing funds to help place the children in loving families would become available as more and more children are adopted and removed from the foster care system. Mandating that doctor offices at least go over the options for adoption while patients are in fertility clinics could be done tastefully, and could even be considered a service to their customers. Even the discussions involving high school students could be easily accomplished by including information about it in their current class load. Combined, all of these techniques could be implemented with a minimal budget, and a large potential for success. All of these practices would put adoption in the forefront. Currently information regarding adoption is often buried, or inaccessible to most people. They don’t have a means of getting accurate information without putting forth considerable effort and