Re: SPINOFF: Adoption Based on Pity
Rainbow, I dont know if its actually that people discourage adoption but rather point out the reality of it all. I mean, you meet vast numbers of people who say when they get married they want to adopt at least one child...but how many of these actually go out and do it? A really pathetically minute number. Why? because its a really tough thing to do. Its tougher than having your own. Legal fees, mountains of paperwork, endless interviews and investigations that continue for years, even after the adoption takes place. Many people assume that adoption is a simple matter of wanting a child, going to an orphanage and taking one home. The reality is that adoption is so much tougher than having a biological child.