During 1854-1929, a phrase called “put up for adoption” was created. At that time, many homeless children in America “were placed on trains and put up on platforms to see anyone wanted them(facts.radomhistory.com)”. Nowadays, contrary to the fact that kids used to travel thousands miles to find someone to take care of them, a lot of loving couples are looking for children to adopt. More and more couples start to consider adopting children overseas because of the limited amount of domestic children. However, overseas adoption is still not a good idea because its harm on both children and their biological parents, high possibility of fraud and time required. Firstly, the worst thing about overseas adoption is that adoptees will never feel
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They believe that while so many couples wait years and years for adopting a domestic child, thousands of children are outside the country, waiting for care and love. However, there are much fewer adoptable children overseas than they think. Babies are especially hard to find. “The process of international adoptions requires that children are orphaned, and that isn’t as common for infants as for older children(enlightme.com).” Most adoptees also a have high standard for an adoptive family because of their background. According to Mary Mather, a lot of adopted children “come from background of abuse and neglect”, a special family environment such as “sibling group” will be needed for adoptive parents to “ heal their emotional damage”. In addition, overseas adoption also takes long time due to its long process. According to adoption.about.com, it usually takes “between 18 and 48 months” or even longer. This is because of the long process required. Adoptive parents must “fulfill the requirements of two national governments (unchartedparent.com)”, which is a lot of paperwork. Long travel time is also required for adoptive parents need to visit children's birth country several times. Therefore, because of the paperwork and travel involved, international adoption also requires a lot of
They believe that while so many couples wait years and years for adopting a domestic child, thousands of children are outside the country, waiting for care and love. However, there are much fewer adoptable children overseas than they think. Babies are especially hard to find. “The process of international adoptions requires that children are orphaned, and that isn’t as common for infants as for older children(enlightme.com).” Most adoptees also a have high standard for an adoptive family because of their background. According to Mary Mather, a lot of adopted children “come from background of abuse and neglect”, a special family environment such as “sibling group” will be needed for adoptive parents to “ heal their emotional damage”. In addition, overseas adoption also takes long time due to its long process. According to adoption.about.com, it usually takes “between 18 and 48 months” or even longer. This is because of the long process required. Adoptive parents must “fulfill the requirements of two national governments (unchartedparent.com)”, which is a lot of paperwork. Long travel time is also required for adoptive parents need to visit children's birth country several times. Therefore, because of the paperwork and travel involved, international adoption also requires a lot of