Would you adopt?

If I hadn't been able to get pregnant I would have happily adopted a sibling group of children that needed a home. I was able to though and have two sons and a daughter. I know that there are so many babies and children that need to be adopted into a loving family home. Sadly it is very difficult to get approved as an adoptive parent in my home country. An applicant must have references, social worker interviews, a medical examination and a home inspection. All the paperwork can take about two years. It sounds challenging to me to go through all that. It applies whether the child comes from my home country or from overseas. I wish it was easier to adopt a child because I would love to adopt a little girl from an orphanage in China.

Hi. I would definatley adopt for a couple of reasons. Firstly I am in a gay realtionship and for obvious reasons having a child becomes a very planned and organised thing. Adoption is one way that we can have that family we are desperate to have. Secondly there are so many children out there that need and deserve good homes. We are kind and loving people that could offer a stable environment where a child would be completelt adored. I would love to adopt. The only problem for us is that we can not at this moment in time afford it.

I think I would adopt children if I wanted to have any. I am not into pain and besides, I have had a hysterectomy so I couldn't have kids now if I wanted to. I have recently considered fostering kids since I have been taking care of my brother's teenagers for the last three years (over two years for one and since December for the other). It is a challenge for me, but I think that is mostly because I feel like I have to please my brother. If I were adopting, I wouldn't have to please anyone but the child. Thanks for bringing this up.

I'm not against child adoption but honestly would prefer to have kids on my own, unless all means have been tried and to have own kids are impossible. It's a nice feeling (I imagine since I'm not a mother yet) to know this kid has your gene and may even resemble you in terms of looks. For adoption, if want, I'd go for less than 1 year old baby (earlier the better) and have him/her sooner for adoption so that you experience almost all the stages of bringing up a kid, except the pregnancy and delivery parts.