If you had to adopt a child . . . .

My wife and I did adopt a child and we did it internationally. I love my adopted son as much as I love my other son who was born to us. We did it internationally because I had a friend in the U.S. Embassy where we adopted so that helped. But, seeing the bureaucracy and paper work involved with a local adoption, I think we made the right move. We had our son within a year of starting the process.

I've thought about adoption, not for the immediate future, but as a possibility in my life. I think it would be a great thing, though I hate to admit I would probably want to adopt a baby and not an older child. I would absolutely consider an International adoption, but I think I would try to do one domestically in the U.S., too. I'd want to cover all my options, because I've heard it can take years for an adoption to finally go through.

If I would adopt a child I would do it from the good ole USA. There are many children here who need good homes, why go to another country.

I always want to give birth to one child and adopt another one. If my first child is a boy then I will adopt a girl and vice-versa. I would adopt an Indian child only as there are a lot of children here who needs a proper home. I just wish that my husband also agrees with me.

I am from India and the situation that prevails in the USA is the same here. With a population that is exploding the nation at its seams, there are so many children out there that are the underbelly of the society. An underbelly everyone chooses to turn a blind eye to. However, i am sure the situation is no different anywhere else. As responsible citizen, i believe that IF you are going to adopt, you should because you WANT to and not because it is a noble thing to do. And then, perhaps you can contribute to the society in which you live by adopting locally. However, where the husband and wife are of different nationalities, what does one do? Adopt a child from one of the two nations or adopt a child each from both the nations?