Why does the US make it so difficult for a couple to adopt a baby?
Two reasons. One is simple supply and demand. There are not as many children available verus the number of adoptive parents. This is especially true about white children. Unfortunate to say, but if you wanted or did not care if the child was black/hispanic the wait time would be much shorter. The second difference is that adoption has evolved a great deal and birthparents are very active in the process (not many baby’s left at doorsteps anymore). As such, the birthparents (or at least birth mother) are actively involved in the selection process. This is where the US is much harder in my opinion, b/c it is a bit of a beauty contest or competition amongst adoptive parents. There is only so many times you can be looked over before you get dejected. Having said that, sometimes it works well, as in our case, where we have a wonderful adopted girl from the US, and it only took 6 months, but that’s a whole other story. Don’t give up, but definately look into foreign adoptions. That is where w
