Why adopt outside the USA when we have perfectly good orphans here?
Well, as an English woman I’d be less inclined to adopt an American child and more inclined to adopt an English one! Even though any child living in state care is a tragedy, there are definitely certain standards the US care system has (and the care systems of all developed countries) that make it better and safer for a child than say, an orphanage in Russia or China. Those countries often don’t have the resources to look after kids, so babies and children will be left in their own filth, under nourished and locked up in cribs all day with little chance of being adopted or fostered. The people in Russia and China often can’t and won’t adopt children, or in China’s case there’s a much larger demand for boys than girls. In countries like the US, people are queuing up for babies, there are long waiting lists… many don’t want to adopt an older child due to the obvious problems the child may come with. Adopting from other countries mean they get a baby and save it from a life of living in
I really don’t understand why people are so egocentric when it comes to an “our country vs their country” thing. All orphans need a family no matter where in the world they had the misfortune of being born. A child is a child, what difference does it make where their little body happens to be standing? Now on to a list of reasons one might adopt outside of the US: 1) The US adoption system sucks. For non-private adoptions, at least in our county, in order to adopt you have to be a foster parent for at least 5 years. During that time you have to be willing to take any child or family of children into your home at any time. You may or may not get to adopt any of those children. If you are an older couple, five years makes a lot of difference waiting to get a child. 2) Waiting lists for the private adoption of babies are unbelievably long. Again, if you’re an older couple, any length of time makes a lot of difference. 3) Our laws here make it much easier for the natural parents to get the
