Benefits of Adoption

Adoption is a wonderful and rewarding way to grow a family. When you open your heart and house to a child through adoption, you make an everlasting commitment. It is an important decision that requires thought and discussion among the entire family. Adopting a child is without a doubt a life changing experience that requires patience and dedication. This experience allows families to change a child’s life who one day may have thought that they would never be loved. Parents who adopt from infertility have already felt what loss and disappointment feels like due to not being able to bear a child. Many times these same parents have experienced prior miscarriages or even unsuccessful fertility clinics. For them, the opportunity to adopt is a great way to start a family. There are hundreds, if not thousands of kids, from different backgrounds who are waiting with open hands. It is sad to know that many of these children come from broken home, homes that were filled with violence and instability. They are eventually removed and placed in foster care for a short period of time. As families can imagine, living in a foster home must be a confusing and unsecure time for them. Although these foster care homes try their very best to keep sibling together at times it becomes difficult and they end up placed in different homes. According to the information obtained from the child welfare department, there are an estimated 100,000 adoptions in the United States. Sources say that parents who chose this route always go through a process that encourages self-reflection and consideration about their reasons for wanting to adopt as well as their expectations for the child and the parenthood experience. (Child Welfare Info Gateway 2012) There are many adoption agencies in the New York State. According to the office of children and family services, every year 58 Social Service Districts has an adoption unit, and more than 70 authorized voluntary agencies statewide work with

References: http://ocfs.ny.gov/adopt/process.asp http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/09/nsap/chartbook/chartbook.cfm?id=28 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2804559/