Would you give up your child for adoption ?

@ronnyb (6113)
Jamaica
January 9, 2009 4:48am CST
If your answer is yes please tell the circumstances under which you would and if you answer is no please explain similarly why you wouldnt . Thank you in advance and I eagerly await your answer.
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15 responses
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
9 Jan 09
no, no no!!! i raised 2 boys by myself & would do over again. i don't believe in giving up your children. where there is a will there is a way.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
9 Jan 09
i don't see how they function in anyway if they gave their children up.
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
9 Jan 09
I agree with you too and atleast you know your children are with you and they are safe .How could you sleep not knowing how theirr children were.
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@suzzy3 (8341)
9 Jan 09
I miss my son if he is late home from school ,I don't rest until he is here safe at home.If he was not here how could you function.He is fifteen but that makes no difference to me.I don't let him see me worried otherwise he says "stop it mum ,your are embarrassing me"
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@MizzLadyB08 (1174)
• United States
9 Jan 09
No, I will not give my child up for adoption. I love her too much to do something like that. I will feel guilty if I did that because my mom did not give me up. Plus, I will not want my child to grow up not knowing who she really is.
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
9 Jan 09
That is how I view it too and I sometimes wonder how persons can give up their children and still feel ok .If I did that I would always be wondering how about him /her
@tammytwo (4298)
• United States
13 Jan 09
I can't really say what I would do. If I were pregnant and I knew there was no possible way for me to give a child a decent life I would put it up for adoption. I would rather do this than to abort the child or keep it and not be able to give it a good life. A child deserves the best possible chance at life that it can get. It would be selfish of me to keep the child and not be able to feed it once it got here. Sometimes we have to make difficult choices in life.
• United States
9 Jan 09
If I had known how my child would be as an adult I would have given her up for adoption the day she was born then I would not have loved her and left myself open to have her steal from me and break my heart.
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
9 Jan 09
Wow this child must have really done something bad .I am sorry that you feel this way and I hope that she will redeemed one day in your heart.I am truly sorry.Please do not give up on her .Its never too late for a shower of rain.I think there must be a reason why she was born to you and I hope ,really hope one day you will see the purpose for her being here
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
9 Jan 09
If I conceived a baby through rape I would be likely to adopt that child. The baby would be an innocent one and would not deserve to be aborted. I think of aborted babies as the missing people of the world. If I got pregnant and couldn't afford another child I would do my best to get more money. If I couldn't get my finances together I would consider adopting my baby. However I would never have an abortion because I think life begins at conception and I think termination would be wrong for me. I think of adoption as keeping the baby alive, giving him or her a loving home and pleasing the adoptive parents. I wish adoption was easier and more popular in my home country.
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@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
13 Jan 09
I couldn't imagine having a child and not knowing where he or she is. Not knowing what they are doing. Not knowing if they are even still alive. Its hard to imagine that feeling. I had an unexpected pregnancy and my mom said she would help me because she didn't want to see her first granson adopted. I am thankful for my son and glad that i am raising him instead of a stranger. It has been tough but i make sure he is well tooken care of.
@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
11 Jan 09
I almost gave my youngest son up for adoption. We were struggling financially as well as within our marriage and I felt it would be wrong to bring a child into that relationship. I thought he'd have a better chance if a loving family with money adopted him. In the end, I couldn't do it, I was afraid that he'd turn out resentful or be abused by strangers.
@hey_baby (425)
• Philippines
9 Jan 09
i got pregnant at when 1 was 23 and never thought of having my child adopted. maybe if i got pregnant younger like 16, i'd be so scared not knowing what to do, i would have. But that would be because i don't know how to raise a child.
@Erssyl (617)
• Philippines
10 Jan 09
No.I would not give up caring for them.Especially my first born daughter she binded us together even while she was still in my womb.We had an early misunderstanding during our first few months of our marriage and she was the only reason why we are still together after 34 years.
• United States
9 Jan 09
I am not sure if I would be able to. I would often wonder about the well-being of the child, and worried that I might of made a bad mistake. Most people who adopt have the noblest of intentions, sometimes though, there are those people who do not need to have something so helpless in their care.
• Philippines
9 Jan 09
hi ronnyb, during my early 20s i said to myself whenever the time comes that i will bear a child and i cant able to raise him or her i told myself that i will let my kid be adopted by someone who is capable to raise him and give him what i cant give. now i believe as people grow older our principles change also. now that i am in my 30's i will say infront of you and infront of the world that i will do everything to raise my child. even to the extend that i will work day and night. children are God's gift and being a parent is a responsibility and responsibility requires hard work. afterwhich the fruit of hard work is the laughters of your children and their love. nice discussion.
@suzzy3 (8341)
9 Jan 09
It must be a awful situation to find your self in to have to part with your child no matter what reason you may have, a young girl with no choice because she has got no one to help her,the mother with two many children to feed anyway and cannot manage to keep one more.I truly beleave they are doing it so their child can have a better life with another family.What circumstances would I give up my child.I have never thought about it really.If I was dying and there was no one else in the family to look after them then I would have no choice as I would be leaving them anyway and I would want to help find them a good family who could give them love and attention and make sure they grew up properly and knew who I was and know that I loved them very much,that is the only circumstance that I would give up my kids,I have raised two children on my own and the judge wanted to take my older boy off me as he was a real handful but I said no,if I had maybe he might have come good quicker,but as far as I am concerned bringing him into the world was my repsonsibilty and along with my daughter he was going to stay with me and I would deal with anything that he threw at me and would go for help as and when,I did not want my child to have a social worker he was mine and i would deal with him.I am really glad in a way that I did not give him up as he is a lovely chap now with a family of his own and he works hard as well.How anybody can part with a child without a really good reason escapes me.The maternal pull towards your child is for me unbreakable ,unconditional love,but thats just me and how I feel.
@paxrein (77)
• Philippines
9 Jan 09
No if I can afford to give the child a good life, yes if i'm not capable of raising the child like in case of incurable or terminal illness.
@GAUCI123 (1042)
• Malta
9 Jan 09
I would not give my child to adoption, because I know that sooner or later I will sure regret it. I will try to sure raise my child, I would seek help and try everything to keep my child. Because once adopted it is difficult to see your child again.
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
9 Jan 09
I personally never could give up my child..If I'm bringing a baby into this world that baby stays with me...Plus I am an adopted child myself and my growing up was horrid so to think that could happen to my baby would just drive me mad..