Why Adopt From Another Country When There Are So Many Kids Here?
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So many American children live in foster care waiting for their forever home, yet families choose to find children internationally and leave the children in their own nation without a family to raise them. Why Adopt from Another Country When There Are so Many Kids Here? article states, “400,000 children live in foster care in the US. Around 100,000 are available for immediate adoption.” (Why Adopt from Another Country When There Are so Many Kids Here?) .Yes, there is a need for adoption of children on other continents of the world, but there is such a great need of adoption in The United States .(FAQs) The adoption need in this nation is greatly neglected and many adopters turn to adopting foreign children. (Choosing Between Domestic and International Adoption.) Although foreign adoption does not require as much waiting, American children should be adopted before foreign children because it affects American foster children's well being, involves less risks and there is such a great need for the adoption of American children. American children should be adopted before foreign children because it affects a foster child’s future adult life. Children who live in …show more content…
There is such a huge amount of children in foster care right here in the US with a desperate need for a loving family. Only about 50% of children up for adoption will actually be adopted before reaching eighteen and starting their lives without ever having a real family. (Davenport). That means that half the children in foster care today will never experience what it is like to grow up with a parent as most American children do . When there is such a need for adopting here in the United States, less people need to seek children in foreign countries. American children’s well being are affected negatively when they do not receive a forever home putting their futures at
So many American children live in foster care waiting for their forever home, yet families choose to find children internationally and leave the children in their own nation without a family to raise them. Why Adopt from Another Country When There Are so Many Kids Here? article states, “400,000 children live in foster care in the US. Around 100,000 are available for immediate adoption.” (Why Adopt from Another Country When There Are so Many Kids Here?) .Yes, there is a need for adoption of children on other continents of the world, but there is such a great need of adoption in The United States .(FAQs) The adoption need in this nation is greatly neglected and many adopters turn to adopting foreign children. (Choosing Between Domestic and International Adoption.) Although foreign adoption does not require as much waiting, American children should be adopted before foreign children because it affects American foster children's well being, involves less risks and there is such a great need for the adoption of American children. American children should be adopted before foreign children because it affects a foster child’s future adult life. Children who live in …show more content…
There is such a huge amount of children in foster care right here in the US with a desperate need for a loving family. Only about 50% of children up for adoption will actually be adopted before reaching eighteen and starting their lives without ever having a real family. (Davenport). That means that half the children in foster care today will never experience what it is like to grow up with a parent as most American children do . When there is such a need for adopting here in the United States, less people need to seek children in foreign countries. American children’s well being are affected negatively when they do not receive a forever home putting their futures at