Would you want to adopt a child if you're single and getting older?

It is one of my option grow old single but have the opportunity to raise and love a child though adoption. somehow today's generation are quite capable of adjusting to such situation being raised by a single parent because somehow it is not new anymore to the society. with that the child can no longer be treated as an outcast because i think they are too many of them.

Now, if I was the one in this situation, I would probably adopt. It's hard to have your own child if you're single, and there are so many kids out there for adoption it's heartbreaking, and any one of them would be glad to have a home of their own. Really, it's up to how you feel about it. If you feel that you'd want to have a child that is genetically related to you, then you can try for that. If having related genetics isn't that important to you, then I say go for adoption. You'd be helping yourself out by having a child and helping the child out by giving it a loving home. And I don't think it should matter whether you go for a baby maker or not. Some people might be wierded out a little but in this day and age it happens and most people are willing to accept it. It's your choice, anyways, and ultimately it'll be your child, so you need to make sure it is a child you can love and not one you'll feel burdened by later on in life.

Hi there! If I get older and won't have my own children, I would most likely consider adopting. My younger sister was adopted by my parents when I was 16 years old. She is very special to all of us. We do not really have problems with her as she is actually my first cousin (she is my mom's brother's daughter). Well, if you are really interested in having a child even if you are single and would want to consider options like adopting or having a baby maker, it is important that you are ready... Financially, emotionally, and psychologically. Good luck to you!

I would if the circumstances are, Im only 40 to 45 years old, single, with my own house and is financially stable. Financially, is self explanatory. The age matters because I would not want to raise a kid in which I wont be able to cope up physically. Single because I wanna have kids and I wanna experience being a parent thou I would have to raise them alone. I dont wanna grow old alone is another reason. I wanna enjoy life and that would mean having kids even if not my own. I feel that my being a woman would not be complete if I dont have kids, thou they are not mine biologically..

I did adopt my daughter as a single parent and I was only in my twenties at the time. As another poster said, if you really want to share genetics with your child, then adoption would not be the way to go or if you want a child that will be more likely to resemble you in terms of appearance. However, if that is not important to you then adoption might be a viable option for you. Remember, that an adopted child is a child "of your own" even though it is not a biological child -- and you would be the "real parent" though not the biological parent. In terms of behavior, I don't think that anyone can predict what an adopted child's behavor will be like -- though I think the same can be said for a biological child. However, speaking from experience, I can share my opinion with you that if you want your child to be similar to you in terms of abilities and interests, then I think a biological child would be more likely -- though not guaranteed -- to be more similar to you in those areas (as well as in appearance) -- for better or worse. I think that this does not matter much if neither you nor your adopted child would be at extreme ends of the spectrum. In a bell shaped curve, the closer you both are to center, the fewer differences there would be and the less meaningful the differences as well. However, if either of you have personality traits or other traits that are at extremes, then I think you would be less likely to share those traits. For example, if you have tremendous athletic ability or musical talent, I think that your biological child would be more likely (but not guaranteed) to share that athletic talent or musical ability. On the other hand, if you are of average athletic or musical ability, you might find that out of the blue, your adopted child is a gifted athlete or musician -- or what is more likely, that your adopted child is also of average athletic ability or musical talent. Obviously, we all know families where the biological children seem to be nothing at all like their parents and families where the adopted children and parents are very similar. I am just stating my feelings about probabilites and likelihood of shared characteristics. I am not pretending to be an expert in this area; I am only sharing with you my personal experience and opinion. I know that in regard to my daugher, we share many attitudes about things and have a similar sense of humor and are very close. However, I can also say that we have experienced conflict and are continuing to do so over the issue of academics. My daughter has always been very bright, but unmotivated in terms of school. On the other hand, I have always been very motivated to do well in school and was an academic achiever. I have been supporting her for the last 8 years in her alleged efforts to get through college. I have only recently drawn the line to say, I just cannot do it anymore. But I can tell you that I am pretty upset about it and still hope that she will complete her education. I know that if she were my bio child that the same lack of motivation could be present (in fact, my best friend since childhood has two biological sons who are challenging her in the same way. However, I also think that the odds might have been better if we were related biologically. On the other hand, my daughter has always had more athletic ability than I ever had (of course, I did not have much) and a far more outgoing personality than I have. I hope you did not find this post too long. I was just trying to "share my thoughts" with you. In addition, if you decide to have a child biologically with a man, would the "baby maker" be a sperm donor? If not, then please remember that you may have issues in terms of the rights of the biological father to play a role in the child's life and participate in decision making, etc. I don't know how you would feel about that, but it is something you should think about before making your decision. Good luck.