What are your views on adoption?

The only difference that there is is that it is NOT your biological child. That everyone knows. He will be legaly yours but not your real child, thats why it's called adoption.

I am not sure how to respond to your question as it seems antagonistic or has a negative connotation. In most respects adoption is a wonderful idea, as it allows a child with no parents to be a part of a family. If the situation happens to be the birth mother is giving up a child to adoption, there may be individual situation involved that we as outsiders have no business being involved in. Now as far as putting children up for adoption say at birth, I do believe counseling should be involved to be sure this is what the birth parent wants to do, so that later on there is not a situation where the birth parent feels guilty about the decision, or the spouse of the birth parent second guesses themselves and wants the child back, creating an undesirable situation for the child in question. The best thing is to be informed and seek counseling whenever a life changing event is going to take place.

I am in favor of adoption as an positive alternative to abortion or forcing a woman to raise an unwanted child alone before she is ready financially or emotionally to attempt to raise a child in optimum conditions. In 1994 I was raped on Christmas Eve and found myself pregnant and in complete emotional and menatl meltdown. In my fifth month of pregnancy I found Adoption Professionals and they matched me up with several different couples and even one single mom before I settled upon the couple that now has a son due to my unfortunate circumstances and adamant personal standard of ethics that barred me from even considering an abortion even though it was recommended by my physician, my boyfriend, and just about everyone that I knew. I got through it and I made that experience a positive life affirming "Nothing happens in Gods world by mistake" milestone of which I can look back now on it with positivity and pride and even acceptance. The adoptive parents were there with me through the last trimester, they lived in Orange County while I lived in Palm Springs, California but they and their constant joy and infectious excitement were a lifeline to me at that time. Without their calls and encouragement and love I don't think I would have made it through that pregnancy whole in mind and spirit. They missed video taping the birth by 14 minutes because I was scheduled to be induced at 7am and their son was born at 6:46 am at 4 lbs and 9 ozs. They brought him over to my apartment when the hosital released him two days later so that I could say goodbye and so that I could have a photo and a memory of them together as a family. Despite the horrid start of the affair it really was a good moment of my life and I feel strong, and positive and that I made the right choices for me, for him, and for them in regard to the adoption. I am not anti-abortion mind you. I will defend to my last breath a woman's right to choose that option if she is ok with it. It just was not the option that I felt that I could morally and spiritually live with then or now, but that is personal choice not moral conviction for the affairs of any other woman than myself. SO THAT SAID, I AM PRO ADOPTION!

In my oppinion adoption is a gift for the child that you are going on to adopt him, have a nice day on mylot.

Legally speaking yes there are no difference. My parents legally adopted our youngest and now the parents are coming after my little sister who we love dearly. But the courts sided on my parents because the adoption was done properly.

Adoption is great. There are alot of kids who need loving homes. My mom works at a boys home and some of these kids were in the system too long and they were told they were unadoptable. They have alot of issues. ITs very sad.

it gives a chance to have a family of their own. I do want to adopt a child and when i do get a chance i might just do it. They need love and caring people in their life. I think it is a good idea bc it gives them parents and it gives adults who cant have any children to be able to get children. I think it is a good thing i know it may have some fawls but everything does and they will fix those flaws soon but it still have more pros then cons so i think that is a great alturnitive then killing the children. At least it gives them a chance to live and have a productive life.

i think it is wonderful a child who is given up for no matter what reason will have a chance to be truely loved and cherished by the adopting parent . the child when old enough can and is some cases seek out their birth mother and father of their own free choice it`s so much better than having placed a child in an institution for the rest of their growing years where they will miss out on that love

I think it's cool. People who can accept they can not take care of their child and do what they think is best, should have alot of respect. Those that can take a child in their home and raise it as it were their own, deserve just as much.

As long as it is with good intentions and to the benefit of the child. If the child comes first and what is best for the child then i think it is a blessing and the Lord is using you in a very special way if it is possible for you to give that child a better life.

It's a beautiful, wonderful thing. I personally am a fan of open adoption, because I think it would be better to have some information, or to be able to have contact later. My older sister is adopted, and it was a closed adoption. My mom always said that she would have liked to have more information about my sister's biological parents, especially the mom ( since with daughters so many things go by the biological mother, like puberty onset).

The parents who can't have child due to medical reasons & want to have a family, get a child & form a family through adoption. Then, the homeless child (or child without a family) gets parents as well as a family through adoption. So adoption is really a wonderful opportunity for the parents who can't have a child as well as for a homeless child (or child without family).

Adoption is a great opportunity for parents who cannot have children and want to have a family. It also gives the child an option of having a home.

hm...Only thought,When I could adoption of the child also

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You need to go through legal formalities,and satisfy the authorities that you will be a good parent,and capable of looking after the child,you may be monitored by the agency for some time till the child reaches adulthood,

I think adoption is a way better alternative than other things that people are doing to their child such as abortion. If I dont want to take care of the child that I made, rather than murder it I would for sure consider adoption. adoption atleast gives that beautiful little life a chance. and for people that cant have children, who dream of having them, its a blessing to them. I just think that the agencies need to take a better look at who they are letting adopt these children so we dont have any more cases like the last one with this little boy who was killed by his adoptive parents, such a sad horrible thing to happen.

Adoption is just not a legal procedure but an emotional bonding which gives an orphan parents. The parents promise to treat and take up the responsibily of the child as they would have done in case of their on children.

adoption is good for the society but it totally depends on the family which is adopting..if they promise to take proper care of the adopted child then only they should otherwise they shouldnt.

I think adoption is great, if you have a child that your not ready to raise, or financially able. Then adoption is excellent because not only are you sparing that child from a hard life your giving him a better one to a loving family who otherwise might not be able to concieve on their own. I think adoption should be more widely spread and nuke abortion in its entirety.