Admitting Something Is Wrong With Your Adopted Child ? Everyday Feminism
This article got me thinking about the risks you potentially take when adopting a child. For those of you who have adopted or have considered adopting a child, especially from poorer countries, were you concerned about how the child’s mental and physical wellbeing could be affected due to the hardships it suffered through pregnancy and after birth?
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you take risks even when you have a biological child. despite of getting best prenatal care, you child can still have health issues, mental problems. autism rate in US is now at 1 in every 88 children, despite of great prenatal care. No matter what you do, no guarantee that your child be be 100% healthy.
when you decide to be a parent (biological or adoptive), you have to be prepared for anything. once you commit to parenthood, you have to face all kinds of challenges.
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fair enough but to there are still less unknowns. For example the mother could be an alcoholic while pregnant or a drug addict or whatever. You can at least control things like that. Yes of course, your child may still have issues no matter how healthy your pregnancy, it will be whatever God wills of course, but would the additional risk discourage you from making the decision to adopt in the first place?
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it depends where you adopt from. is alcoholism and drug addiction a big problem among women in poor countries like pakistan, india? malnutrition, lack of prenatal care are probably more common. you take that risk no matter where you adopt from.
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Well actually my friend who already has a biological child is sudanese/egyptian and her husband is pakistani. They’re open to adopting from anywhere really including Africa and South Asia. I think their preference is that it be a muslim child. Alcoholism and drugs were just an example, malnutrition is probably equally as dangerous for a child. It’s hard to tell, I don’t know about alcoholism but I do know even in Pakistan, some of the people who worked in the homes of family members did do drugs. Either way I guess they didn’t really think of these risks when they first starting considering adoption and its just given them food for thought.
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im not sure if adoption agencies disclose information like this or even know about it. im surprised to hear about women from those background being drug addicts. i know its common in men but never heard about women. maybe your friend can adopt a child 1-2 years old rather than newborn.
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It would be nice to hear from someone who actually has adopted a child or children…
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What about religion? I heard they ask you before you sign up for adoption which religion will the kid be raised in or something. I would like to adopt one someday but oh well I know it won’t happen 