Foster Care: The Pros And Cons Of Adoption

When a child is put in adoptive care, they would expect to get adopted. But when prices for a kid go for as much as a car, foster care systems can be overcrowded and traumatic for kids. Every year over 428,000 kids have to be given up for adoption in just the U.S alone. But when only 135,000 get adopted overcrowding can become an issue. So how come there so many kids not getting adopted every year. Well, when prices are raised as much as double a car, many kids can be uncared for and forgotten by families that do what them but can’t have them. Families who do spend that type of money for the kids, get put in thousands of dollars in debt, and that could potentially ruin a family. But a lot of family do not have that ype of money, so when 293,000 kids get left in foster care systems they can become hectic and traumatizing. In 2015 over 670,000 kids spent time in foster care that year. Many people have come …show more content…
I think that if the prices would change to a more reasonable price, more kids would get adopted. Lots of things come from living in foster care, and there are worse things than good. When a kid spends their whole life in foster care they usually have long term issues. Of course I don’t think kids should be free, but more like $1,000 dollars would help the family and the children. Kids already get pretty expensive alone, but when just getting the kid cost more than your whole life, that's when it gets outrageous. Adoption cost includes a whole bunch of things, including: Evaluation, examinations, adoption visits. But should that type of stuff cost money? To have a person come from the agency and see if you are safe enough to have a child in your house, or check your criminal background, would cost you money. I get that’s their job, so they should be paid, but why so much. I think that the agency could still do everything they want to do, but for a much lower