“In the years between 1989 and 2005, 234,358 children were internationally adopted into the United States. Over 20,000 children are adopted in the United States annually. Of the 20 million children born every year in China, 5,000 are adopted into the U.S. “ Says Anne Whittaker and Laura Finley in their article The Benefits of International Adoption Outweigh the Problems, on Ebscohost.com, Published in 2015. I did most of my research on adoption from foreign countries on ebsco articles and some other articles. I want more children to have better homes and a family. Every child deserves a home and a family. Adoption can help parents and children, but sometimes it doesn't help the children.
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Teens are rarely adopted and are just sent to foster homes. Sometimes they can go to foster home to foster home and that’s a hard for kids. Some kids become too old for an orphanage, so they have to go and start their own life. When parents take their child home, the child can be separated from their siblings, friends they have made, and anyone else close to them. When the child is older, the child might feel unwanted by their birth parents. For example, they feel that their birth parents didn’t want them or they weren’t good enough for their birth parents. Older kids at adoption centers could feel like they’re not wanted by anyone. They see kids leaving, but they aren't. Some of their friends or siblings could become adopted or already are adopted. But they still stay in the same place just waiting and waiting. That really can hurt a …show more content…
It costs between 10,000 to 50,00 dollars. Mostly because of all the traveling. The adopting parent may have to stay several weeks in that country waiting until they can receive their child and bring them home. The adopting parents may have to make many visits to that country. If you are looking to adopt an infant, that is kinda rare. Usually you would end up with a toddler or a kid. This is because it takes 12-18 months for the adoption process and a baby would already be a toddler by then. When the adopting parents go to the child’s country, there might be a language barrier. Unless they know that language, then they won’t have that problem. It is probably hard to speak to someone that has a different language then
My first topic is how adoption from foreign countries …show more content…
Teens are rarely adopted and are just sent to foster homes. Sometimes they can go to foster home to foster home and that’s a hard for kids. Some kids become too old for an orphanage, so they have to go and start their own life. When parents take their child home, the child can be separated from their siblings, friends they have made, and anyone else close to them. When the child is older, the child might feel unwanted by their birth parents. For example, they feel that their birth parents didn’t want them or they weren’t good enough for their birth parents. Older kids at adoption centers could feel like they’re not wanted by anyone. They see kids leaving, but they aren't. Some of their friends or siblings could become adopted or already are adopted. But they still stay in the same place just waiting and waiting. That really can hurt a …show more content…
It costs between 10,000 to 50,00 dollars. Mostly because of all the traveling. The adopting parent may have to stay several weeks in that country waiting until they can receive their child and bring them home. The adopting parents may have to make many visits to that country. If you are looking to adopt an infant, that is kinda rare. Usually you would end up with a toddler or a kid. This is because it takes 12-18 months for the adoption process and a baby would already be a toddler by then. When the adopting parents go to the child’s country, there might be a language barrier. Unless they know that language, then they won’t have that problem. It is probably hard to speak to someone that has a different language then