Adoption

I have been thinking to adopt a kid one day. I don't know why, but I feel like it would be the same for me as if the kid was born by me or adopted. What people say, that the blood doesn't turn into water might be true, but I really don't see any difference between both things. For the character of a kid are responsible his/her parents. I believe building habits, education and a good character would be the same if the kid was my own or adopted. I don't really think that someone is born to have specific destiny like being good or bad and so on. It's a matter of fact how the kid is raised, not what was born.

I would love to adopt a child if I had that kind of money. I have heard the adoption process is QUITE expensive! I think it is great to give a child a good future that would probably not have one if not adopted. I feel so bad for children in orphanages that will never know what it is like to sit with their family at the table to have a meal, or go to the park with their siblings for a day out. How sad. Family to me means love, it doesn't matter if their DNA is different or their skin color is different. If there is love, you have a family. As for the right age, I am not sure since I have never been there. I would never want to wait too long where they feel like everything you say is a lie and their whole life is a lie. I wouldn't want to tell them too early either though...

We adopted a child, and we ourselves were adopted. We plan to tell our child and future children that they are adopted right from the beginning so that they don't have a surprise and also so that they see it as their normal. We know many people who have adopted so I don't think that he will feel left out or strange beyond what most teenagers feel - don't most kids, at some point, feel like their parents don't understand them? It's hard to adopt. The homestudy is invasive and emotionally exhausting. You don't know when and if you are going to be chosen. But it was the right choice for us.

I would adopt a child no matter what , from I was in high school adopting was always in my to do list when I am successful and at that age . I am able to conceive but I would like to adopt as well because I would want someone that's already living to get a chance at happiness also. I would adopt two children from two different nation and have one biologically . I am very open to the adopting . I think some possible issue will be after the child turn a teenager they might want to find their birth parents. I know I would give them all the love I can and if after they are a certain age and want to know where they come from I would help them because I think as a parents that love your child if something makes them happy , then you have to try and be happy for them and not worry because If you were a good parents you will always be their parents . I would tell my child that they are adopted when they are about 12 years old because if they happen to look different I think it will become obvious at that point to them lol .

Both of my children are my biological children, however, I have always thought that I would like to adopt another child at some point in the future because of the fact that there are so many different children in the world that have never had the opportunity to feel love and I have a lot of love to give. I do believe that there are issues when a child is adopted, but most of them are issues for their future. For example, with an adopted child, you don't know anything about their family health history. I think that the best time to tell a child that they were adopted is when they are old enough to understand that the reason that they were adopted was because mom and dad had love to give to them and also that their biological parents loved them as well and that was the reason that they choose to give their child up for adoption.

My son and his wife are also in the process of considering adoption. Or some other method of having a child. When he was still a teenager he had to go through chemotherapy which destroyed any chance of a natural child. When they were younger they were just, "We don't want children." But now their biological clocks are starting to tick. I have no idea what they're going to chose to do. If I were in their foot steps adoption would be the number one choice for me.

I can speak from experience since I am an adopted child. Yes, I did consider adoption but since we already had 3 healthy children it wasn't a option as my husband and I grew a little older and we were denied before the process could even be started. I think everyone should consider adoption if they are financially responsible and able to care for that adopted child. The love of any child, whether the baby be biological or adopted, is precious. A little about myself: I was adopted back in the late 1940's. At that time records were sealed. I was adopted by a caring family who took care of me and taught me right from wrong. The education was there also. I became an extremely important part of the family and raised as though I were their own. At the age of 31 and pregnant with our 3rd child, I was able to locate my birth parents. Was a difficult reunion as anyone would suspect but positive. My role as a daughter never changed since my birth parents were simply just my birth parents. In other words, my commitment as a daughter was 100% geared toward my adopted parents. The only issue I can see, now that I am an adult, is everyone should have the right to know about their adopted child's medical history. I am talking all details. I learned that I was an adopted child about the time I entered Kindergarten. My parents knew that kids would talk and probably because the parents talked. Kuddos to those who decide to adopt.

I think it is fine with me, since there are lots of orphanages here, and those who need a family since some of them were abandoned by theirs. I will tell my child when he or she is almost a teen, maybe then he or she will understand..

hi!! if i have money perhaps i will adopt a child or infant. some people are irresponsible parents especially mother. at least by adopting thier child i can help them. i'm really fun of child.

I am open to the idea of adopting a child. Because I think that these days a lot of irresponsible adults and parents are sprouting. If I feel like I am capable of raising a child to be a good person then why not. I think it is a good way to help lessen the homeless children. It is not their fault to be out here in this old alone wondering why nobody wants them. It is not just and certainly unfair. If you will raise the child in a loving environment I think he /she will understand and will be grateful to have a parent like you of having someone who cares for them.I think you will know when you get there for the perfect time to tell.

My husband and I doing everything to have baby but also were open for adoption in case that I dont conceive and has no other choice to have a child unless we adopt. I think the possible issues when you adopt a child are financial status, relationship status, willingness and readines of the couple to adopt a child. I think the proper time to tell the child that he/she is adopted when you know that she/he can handle the situation and when she/he knew how much you love and care for her/him. Better to informed the child slowly about adoption issues so that it easy accept and understand with proper guidance and explanation.

If one couple treats a child, be it an orphan or any kins' kid, as like their own one, the kid will treat its present parents(who adopted it) as like its own one too. And their should not be any use to raise any word wether they would tell any story to the adopted kid. Its quite unethical for the couple will tell the kid that its was their adopted one. Should they need to tell the story of adoption to the kid. Neighbouring people may tell the kid. But I think there should not any use to listen any adoption from the kid. Present parents would just say ''YOU ARE OUR DEAR KID AND NOTHING ELSE''. I think the couples who adopt kids are angel from heaven.

I think adoption is something great.Just think about how it gives chances to the children!

Yes, adoption is definitely a choice to be considered when all means to conceive has been exhausted. Adoption of children is very common in the current society today and is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, adoptive parents should be respected for their unconditional love and sacrifice for a child that is not even related to them by blood. I believe that a child should not be deprived of a family even if he/she is adopted. I have many friends, including a cousin of mine, who have adopted children and they love them as their own. I also believe that with the right upbringing and the instilling of correct moral values, the child would be ultimately be able to accept the fact that their parents are their adoptive parents and be filial to them. A right time to reveal to them their true parentage is when the child has matured and starts beginning to ask questions about family issues/relations, information such as birth certificates or differences in physical characteristics.

If I was unable to conceive I would feel very sad. I don't think I would try medical help to get pregnant. I would wish to get pregnant naturally. If pregnancy didn't happen for me I would try to adopt a sibling group or a little girl. In my first year of teaching I taught a little girl that had been adopted. I also taught a little boy that had challenging behavior. His mom had tried for years to get pregnant and it hadn't happened. She had adopted two boys and a girl. The girl she found delightful but the boys often upset her greatly. There could be problems if the child has had a bad start in life. This applied to the little boy and his older brother that had lost all his hair through worry and upset. Some children adopted have special needs or are disabled. I would tell my child he or she was adopted at an age he or she could understand like 5 years old. I would say I wanted a baby and I chose him or her to make the adoption system sound special. It would be wrong not to tell the child until he or she reaches age 18 years old. I know a foster carer that I met at my disabled son's playgroup. In 2009 she had two little girls that were soon going to be adopted. I thought the couple adopting those girls was very lucky.

I want to adopt. I plan to adopt. We have no plans for any biological children. We have no plans of adopting an infant, though. We would rather adopt an older child, and there are thousands in the system who need good homes. There would be no time when the child did not know that she or he was adopted, and it would be a match that was carefully considered both by us and the child. She or he would know how very much Mommy and Daddy wanted her or him, that she or he was chosen, and that we worked hard for her or him to be part of our family. This is something that I have given years of thought, and my boyfriend is on the same page. We don't feel some need to pass on our genes, and we prefer slightly older children. We wouldn't adopt internationally, because there are thousands of children waiting for homes in this country.

I would consider adoption. There's nothing wrong to adopt other's kid, some couples are blessed with children and some are not. I dont have special issue to adopt a child, I will adopt children if they attach my heart on the 1st sight. The proper time to tell that she/he adopting is when he/she is big enough to think and know that she/he is loved by us even though she/he is not our biological child.

dear I don't like the thought behind the word adopition but i love the idea of it. I would surely consider adopiton. I would think the proper time to tell the child about where he/she came from would probaly be 8 ,9, or 10 but if he/or she questions about it eariler then i would say that would be the right time. Are you considering adopition?

Adopting a children is really a good thing, by this way we give shelter, real love and affection to a kid. Some persons will adopt a kid from the home if they don't have the ability to give birth to their own kid. We must be very careful while adopting a kid, good to adopt a little baby, as it don't know about anything and consider the adopted parents as its real one. Most of the parents who adopted the children is not interested in revealing the truth, if the child come to know about the real truth, it may keep distance from the parents and try its maximum to find out the real parent. It is really hard to hide the reality for a long time, sooner or later the child come to know about the real fact and start to search for its own parents. One of my friend adopted a girl from an orphanage and grown up her as his own daughter. Recently he conducted marriage to her daughter, till today she don't know that she is an adopted girl to her parents, my friend keep this thing as a secret and give a lot of importance to the girl, in fact he treat that girl as his own daughter. He said that he is not interested in sharing the truth with her, if she come to know about the reality, then he don't hide it and accept the real thing. I think his activity is right, there is not a high time to tell this kind of secrets to our kids, until they come to know about it.

I'll definitely consider adoption and I plan to do it someday. I believe that showering the kid the right amount of love and concern will not make him/her feel that he/she came from someone else. A true and open relationship should also be there so as not to create further problems if the kid finds that the parents or the siblings, in some cases, are not like him/her.