How Adoption Can Benefit You as the Parent or the Child
There are many women and spouses out there who wish for a family, but are unable to conceive a child on their own. These are often people who have dreamt of raising their own families, but have either waited too long or have found that they are unable to conceive on their own. These are also generally people who have exhausted all of their other options, with hormonal replacement therapy and other fertilization procedures that have proven to be unsuccessful. These hopeful parents have landed on the choice of adoption, choosing to adopt a child who is in need to begin their families. There are many benefits involved with adoptions.
Adoption provides a benefit for the adoptive parents, the biological parents and the child that is being adopted. The parents are being provided with a child that they were unable to conceive. They are being given the option of beginning their family. They will learn about adoption and how adoptions work. They will have the ability to raise and to educate their adoptive child, just as if they were their own child. 86% of foster families adopted to provide a child with a permanent home. 61% adopted to extend their families. 39% adopted because they were infertile. 24% wanted to adopt a sibling for a child. The reasons are endless, but the adoptive parents are usually provided with a sense of responsibility and happiness related to the adoption program.
The biological parents also usually have many benefits to placing their biological child up for adoption. It may be harder for them to see the benefits during the situation, but they have usually made the right choice. A biological parent who chooses to allow their child to be adopted is being selfless and is putting the child?s rights and needs ahead of their own. It may also provide them with the time and the resources that are necessary to improve upon themselves. Adoptions are usually a difficult thing for the biological parents, but often turn out to be great choices. For example, nearly 3 out of every 4 adopted children ages 0-5 are read to or sang to every day, compared with only half of non-adopted children who receive the same attention from their biological parents.
Adoptive children often benefit the most. They are often taken from negative, hostile or difficult environments and placed into supportive ones with parents who are capable of raising a child. Sometimes these adoptive children are allowed to still visit with their biological parents, while other times they are unaware they are even adopted, until they are much older. Adoptions can be open or closed. The adoption center sometimes sets the standards for this, whereas sometimes the adoption agencies are simply keeping the adoption confidential for the preference of the adoptive parents. Most (38%) of adoptions are private domestic adoptions, while 36% are Foster Care adoptions and the other 25% are international adoptions.
Adoptions are able to provide benefits to all of the parties that are involved. This might include the biological parents, the adoptive parents and even the adoptive child. The child will often go through an adjustment phase, but once they are adjusted, improvement will be seen both socially and physically. Adoptions can be either open or closed, and often depend on the preferences of the adoptive parents, but it is best to be kept by an individual case decision.
