“4 in 10 American adults (81.5 million) have considered adoption.” What makes a parent consider placing their child, their baby boy or baby girl, into such a stressful position? Of course, it is understood by the parent that this is a powerful decision, and it can be somewhat of a stressful situation. The reasons will differ among birth parents and every reason is justifiable, such as: juvenile, financial, emotional, substance, and moral issues.
Juvenile or teen pregnancy is one of the key factors of infants being placed into adoption; however, only 1% of all teen pregnancies result with the baby being placed into adoption. Teen bodies may not be able to maintain carrying a baby for a such a long time so it is common that they may miscarry …show more content…
This could go hand in hand with teen pregnancy, given that teens are under constant surveillance from the elders of their churches. Women who’ve conceived a child out of wedlock are sometimes shamed by their family and religion as well, which causes them to feel the need to hand over the infant to an adoption agency. This is not a bad decision if the mother and infant will benefit from the choice. In a more modern perspective, wedlock to society as a whole isn 't a bad thing, people are more accepting of things in this nature than how people were back then. “48% of the first births in the United States are out of wedlock”, so it is more common than what it was before. However, really conservative and strict religions will not accept the family and will pressure them to …show more content…
The story of every adopted child is different, but what is the most important is that the baby is happy by the time they have matured and accepted their backgrounds; an adoption statistic shows that over 90 percent of adopted children ages 5 and older have positive feelings about their adoption. A common misconception is that placing a child into adoption is a sign of weakness, and that the only effects that result from this are negative; on the contrary, some scenarios provide no other choice but to place an infant into adoption. There’s no right or wrong reason to place an infant into
Juvenile or teen pregnancy is one of the key factors of infants being placed into adoption; however, only 1% of all teen pregnancies result with the baby being placed into adoption. Teen bodies may not be able to maintain carrying a baby for a such a long time so it is common that they may miscarry …show more content…
This could go hand in hand with teen pregnancy, given that teens are under constant surveillance from the elders of their churches. Women who’ve conceived a child out of wedlock are sometimes shamed by their family and religion as well, which causes them to feel the need to hand over the infant to an adoption agency. This is not a bad decision if the mother and infant will benefit from the choice. In a more modern perspective, wedlock to society as a whole isn 't a bad thing, people are more accepting of things in this nature than how people were back then. “48% of the first births in the United States are out of wedlock”, so it is more common than what it was before. However, really conservative and strict religions will not accept the family and will pressure them to …show more content…
The story of every adopted child is different, but what is the most important is that the baby is happy by the time they have matured and accepted their backgrounds; an adoption statistic shows that over 90 percent of adopted children ages 5 and older have positive feelings about their adoption. A common misconception is that placing a child into adoption is a sign of weakness, and that the only effects that result from this are negative; on the contrary, some scenarios provide no other choice but to place an infant into adoption. There’s no right or wrong reason to place an infant into