Single Parent Adoptions
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Single Parent Adoptions
It is the 21st century and modern family structures are not the same as they were 100 years
ago. Just as the public's general perception of adoptions is always a newborn, Caucasian baby
when there are many older, ethnic, and disabled children waiting to be adopted. Not all decent,
loving parents for these children should be limited to only couples and families. The criteria for
potential parents should be broadened to include more realistic modern families. Single parent
adoptions should be obtainable to any qualified person. A person's sexual orientation should
not be a criteria especially with a large population of special needs children waiting to be
adopted.
When it comes to adoptions a typical perception of an adoption is a married couple or a
household that contains both a mother and father. People tend to think when a couple or family
is wanting to adopt a child he or she are looking for a healthy baby to bring into their homes.
"However, there are many children whom this 'ideal' is not possible and many single people
who feel that such bias is unfair." (National,1994). People who are single and want to adopt a
child do not just adopt out of loneliness like many people think. There are many reasons why
single men and women adopt. One woman's reason for adopting is "because I continually saw
children in my special education classes who lived in institutions or went from foster home to
foster home, I decided that even as a single parent I could do more for that child."
(National,1994). With information like that it goes to show that if adoption agencies and state
regulators broadened who is accepted to adopt a child there would be less special needs
children in institutes and foster care.
According to the National Data Analysis System in 2006 there were only 50,705
children adopted out (NDAS, 2006), and 137,873 children remained waiting to be adopted
(NDAS, 2006). 69,447 of those children...
It is the 21st century and modern family structures are not the same as they were 100 years
ago. Just as the public's general perception of adoptions is always a newborn, Caucasian baby
when there are many older, ethnic, and disabled children waiting to be adopted. Not all decent,
loving parents for these children should be limited to only couples and families. The criteria for
potential parents should be broadened to include more realistic modern families. Single parent
adoptions should be obtainable to any qualified person. A person's sexual orientation should
not be a criteria especially with a large population of special needs children waiting to be
adopted.
When it comes to adoptions a typical perception of an adoption is a married couple or a
household that contains both a mother and father. People tend to think when a couple or family
is wanting to adopt a child he or she are looking for a healthy baby to bring into their homes.
"However, there are many children whom this 'ideal' is not possible and many single people
who feel that such bias is unfair." (National,1994). People who are single and want to adopt a
child do not just adopt out of loneliness like many people think. There are many reasons why
single men and women adopt. One woman's reason for adopting is "because I continually saw
children in my special education classes who lived in institutions or went from foster home to
foster home, I decided that even as a single parent I could do more for that child."
(National,1994). With information like that it goes to show that if adoption agencies and state
regulators broadened who is accepted to adopt a child there would be less special needs
children in institutes and foster care.
According to the National Data Analysis System in 2006 there were only 50,705
children adopted out (NDAS, 2006), and 137,873 children remained waiting to be adopted
(NDAS, 2006). 69,447 of those children...