Adoptable Children; Adopt Us Kids

Adoptable Children; Adopt Us Kids

Dalarse Demby

BSHS/408

Professor Amy Willey

January 8, 2018

Adoptable Children

Adopting A Child

Looking for a child to adopt is just as difficult as being a child trying to get adopted. When adults are searching for children to love life long they have specifics that they are looking for. And while one should know that no child would meet their entire list of criteria. It does make it harder for some children to be chosen for adoption. Some things that may work against a foster child could be health deficiencies or issues.. Many times adults are not willing to adopt a child who has health issues. It’s a struggle. For many reasons fear, burdens and all other aspects that come along with caring for an ill child. In addition often times foster children are in groups. For example one may be looking to adopt a young girl, while going through the search for each criteria that I entered the child had 3 or 4 siblings. Not all Foster parents can handle multiple children physically, emotionally and even mentally. Other reasons are more psychological, many people base their decision to adopt on society's perception of what the foster system stand for.

In my experience most adults assume that children who are in the foster care system are damaged. They fear who the children may become or what behaviors they may have developed. This is one of the main reasons people shy away from adopting foster children. Again the fear of adopting children with physical, psychosocial and emotional problems instills a fear in certain people.

AdoptUsKids

In searching the adopt us kid website, I sought out a toddler age girl. None of the girl who showed up under the age of five was an option to adopt a single child. In each case there are at least three children in total. The search found a one year old name Alinaya. She is one of three beautiful girls. The older sisters are Seven and Four. All three girls are placed together in a home

Adoptable Children

and have completed all treatment and programs referred to them. They would be ideal for a family seeking multiple children.

Conducting the same search except for a male child between the ages of One and Five years old. I turn up the same results. Most of the families have multiple children. The three