Adoption

[Reba 2]

I'm trying to get hubby to consider it. There's an Adoption Fair here in town this weekend. Its just to get information about what is needed/involved in adopting or becoming a foster parent in this county.

They have 148 children in this county alone (its fairly small county) waiting for permanent homes. Quite a lot of them live in a children's home (new fancy PC name for orphanage) with no parents, just social workers.

[AnaAndDaniel 0]

I'm trying to get hubby to consider it. There's an Adoption Fair here in town this weekend. Its just to get information about what is needed/involved in adopting or becoming a foster parent in this county.

They have 148 children in this county alone (its fairly small county) waiting for permanent homes. Quite a lot of them live in a children's home (new fancy PC name for orphanage) with no parents, just social workers.

i was wondering a little while back about whatever happened to orphanages. did parents all of sudden stop dying? or did those old movies lie to me as a kid and there never was such a thing?

as far as adoption, i think it is really cool if someone can do that. lots of risks and hard work involve. bless em all.

Daniel

:energetic:

[Reba 2]

I dunno about here in the US but back home, they have children in foster care "long term". For whatever reason they are not adoptable, but they remain in foster homes until they become of age to leave the system. (16 or 18 depending on circumstance). A guy I used to work with had 4 foster boys, all long term. The one benefit of not adopting fosters is that you still get money from the government for them. But that shouldn't be a reason for fostering.

As for international adoptions, my Aunt & Uncle adopted my cousin from Guatemala. She's 15 now I think...anyway, it cost them about $25,000 way back then. She was only a couple months old when they brought her home.

International adoption agencies have less red tape, and usually no age limits for the parents, while some local government agencies do. Which is why there are so many children in foster care here in the US and Canada. There's just too much red tape, and unless the rules have changed in Canada, my husband and I would be rejected outright because of our age. He's over 40, and I'm 39. The waiting list and process is so long, I'd be well over 40 before they could place a child with us, so there wouldn't be a point. (this was the case when my Aunt adopted 15 or 16 years ago, and why they went international).

[rebeccajo 14]

I've always gotten the impression that my friends paid about $10000 apiece for their international adoptions of each of their Indian step-children through the Holt Agency. My friend hasn't told me specifically and the children are now 12 and 8, so I'm sure things have gone up since then. But I do know different agencies and different countries charge different fees.

[Reba 2]

ok, here's a question. If a bi-national couple (such as we all are here_ were to adopt in the US, would that adopted child be eligible for citizenship in the other parent's home country?

[Fandango 1,440]

I've always gotten the impression that my friends paid about $10000 apiece for their international adoptions of each of their Indian step-children through the Holt Agency. My friend hasn't told me specifically and the children are now 12 and 8, so I'm sure things have gone up since then. But I do know different agencies and different countries charge different fees.

Step-children? Was one of the couple a biological parent?

ok, here's a question. If a bi-national couple (such as we all are here_ were to adopt in the US, would that adopted child be eligible for citizenship in the other parent's home country?

Excellent question! Though I have no clue about the answer

[govols 0]

ok, here's a question. If a bi-national couple (such as we all are here_ were to adopt in the US, would that adopted child be eligible for citizenship in the other parent's home country?

I had wondered that one myself!

[Garfield fan 0]

My friend wanted to adopt a child from The Phillipines

Why? Are they somehow better than American children?

Just curious -- why do people have this obsession with the Philippines that

they go halfway across the globe to get married and adopt children?

Well, my friend is a Filipina herself and she came here under fiancee visa. She was having problem conceiving and she knew that there were a lot of Phillipines children that needed helps, so I guess for her case, it's her nationalism towards her home country that plays a role. Not sure about other people though...

[Reba 2]

I guess that's a question for Canadian immigration then. Ugh...I don't like them