Adopting children through the foster care system has become a viable options for childless families; foster care adoption not only gives children in our country homes, but also the adoptive parent(s) receive numerous benefits from the state and federal government that is not offered for private domestic and international adoption. Private domestic and international adoptions are the most common types of adoption processes being used in the United States. Private domestic adoption are generally done through public adoption agencies to match adoptive children with an adoptive family, the birth mother has the option of choosing the adoptive parent(s) and besides the long wait the cost can be $10,000.00 - $40,000.00 (Domestic Adoption).
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Even though these myths may sound familiar to many families researching adoption, in most cases these myths are false. Even with natural born children, for the most part, we are unable to know if the child will be healthy, smart, or even what the child will look like. Saying every foster care child is dangerous is like saying every criminal is a foster child, which we know not be true. This doesn’t mean foster children do not or will not have issues or problems; they can, just as biological children can. I have adopted 3 healthy and thriving children through foster care, with only one child having slight behavioral issues, the children where 3 months, 3 years, and 4 years of age when they were adopted. Also, government statistics show more then half of the foster care adopted children in 2003 were under the age of five, 67% of the adoptive parents were married, and 31% of the adoptive parents were single adults (Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau). International adoption children are generally 2 years old or more (Domestic Adoption vs. International Adoption). Foster care adoption moves quickly since the termination of parental rights (TPR) has already taken place before the children can be placed for adoption. The TPR law in each state varies for how long the child must live with the adoptive family before the adoption can be finalized; in Missouri the law is six months. The federal and state government has programs to assist the adoptive family and most importantly the adopted
Even though these myths may sound familiar to many families researching adoption, in most cases these myths are false. Even with natural born children, for the most part, we are unable to know if the child will be healthy, smart, or even what the child will look like. Saying every foster care child is dangerous is like saying every criminal is a foster child, which we know not be true. This doesn’t mean foster children do not or will not have issues or problems; they can, just as biological children can. I have adopted 3 healthy and thriving children through foster care, with only one child having slight behavioral issues, the children where 3 months, 3 years, and 4 years of age when they were adopted. Also, government statistics show more then half of the foster care adopted children in 2003 were under the age of five, 67% of the adoptive parents were married, and 31% of the adoptive parents were single adults (Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau). International adoption children are generally 2 years old or more (Domestic Adoption vs. International Adoption). Foster care adoption moves quickly since the termination of parental rights (TPR) has already taken place before the children can be placed for adoption. The TPR law in each state varies for how long the child must live with the adoptive family before the adoption can be finalized; in Missouri the law is six months. The federal and state government has programs to assist the adoptive family and most importantly the adopted