Domestic Adoption

Although adoption aims to do well, there is still neglect in the system. I am a Social Work major here at MSUM. I thought that making a claim on adoption was a perfect fit for me. We (the public) all hear many matters on adoption, whether it does good for the children that are put through what we call “the system” or whether the children that come out of it are better or worse than when they went in. I believe that adoptions develop their media and ratings not from the system itself, but from the parents who are adopting/fostering. In the article “The Dark, Sad Side of Domestic Adoption” published on April 30th, 2013 it talks about a family who was willing to adopt a baby and have an open adoption. They women had spoke to numerous birthmothers and they all turned out to be what she described as “non birthmothers.” The reason this is explained in such a hard way was because they mothers would lie to this poor woman about being pregnant when they really weren’t or birthmothers would tell this women that they needed support through the pregnancy, …show more content…
The hardest parts are the costs, challenging children, and long, challenging process. We all know that there is a lot of paperwork involved in adopting a child and it is a very long process. You will have case workers come into your home and make sure everything is ready to go, you have to be certified as eligible, and then you are put on a waiting list. Even if you get notified that there is a baby for you to adopt the birthmother could always change her mind. Adoption is also not cheap. Depending on whom a family goes through it can cost them $5,000 up to $40,000. There is always a chance of a family getting a challenging child who they cannot get along with. Or the child could have mental illnesses, depression, and other emotional problems caused by the fact that they are