
The Seemingly Random Process Of Adoption Starts With Choosing A Child From An Adoption Photo Listing
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios
Defined Tag: Adoption Photo Listing.
Whether you're looking for a child to adopt through the offices of the social service department or through the offices of a child adoption agency, you will want to have a look at the child that will become an important part of your family. The usual way to do this is to sift through the adoption photo listing of the area where you want to adopt a child.
Now, this process has been criticized throughout the years. Many people say that if adoption is to simulate, to a certain degree, the rearing of a child, then why should adoptive parents be allowed to choose whom they want to adopt? Additionally, these very people also claim that such a process will truly be prejudicial for a child. To them, it becomes somewhat of a beauty contest, or dare they say a cuteness contest. The more adorable children will naturally find a home faster than, say, the not-so-adorable looking kids.
These comments have forced legislation to apply a seeming randomness to the procedure. Nowadays, after viewing an adoption photo listing and choosing a child they want to call their own, the applicant couple would then furnish the appropriate agency with their application. They will have to compete with other couples who are also considering adopting the same child. If the biological mother did not abandon the child, she will choose the couple she feels would provide the best care for her son or daughter. If the child is abandoned, the agency tasked for the proper placement of the child will determine the most suitable couple for parenthood.
Indeed, it's no longer a simple process of choosing a child from an adoption photo listing and taking him or her home with you.
You'd have to submit an application containing pertinent details about your financial status, your psychological profile and even your personal history. You and your spouse will also be heavily scrutinized to ascertain that both of you are fit to be adoptive parents. You will have to undergo interviews, seminars and study programs to prepare you for parenthood. And even when the child is awarded to your care, you'd have to go through a supervisory period to ensure that everything is in order.
But these procedures only produce a semblance of randomness to adoption. Basically, the adoptive couple can still choose the child they want from an adoption photo listing. It's just a matter of whether or not the care for the child will be awarded to their good graces.
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