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Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL
I haven't read any articles about an influx in family adoptions or anything to indicate an increase. There are articles regarding black women who are single, not anticipating marriage and are seeking to adopt or do IVF or what have you.
(NOT saying news articles are the end all be all of life, but just that I haven't run across any indication of this information media-wise or otherwise).
While I'm sure they exist, my black family doesn't personally know any black families adopting either. Do you have any personal experiences you could share as to help clarify?
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I never said there was an increase, but there are Blacks who want to adopt older children as well as babies.
Believe it or not I know 3 families right now that have been struggling with the adoption process for years.
Family 1: the father is a dentist with 3 lucrative practices. His wife is a SAHM. They have two children ages 5 and 8. They want to adopt a child around the age of their own children. They have been getting the run around now for well over a year.
Family 2: The father is a school principal. His wife is a teacher. They have one daughter age 13. They want to adopt a child age 5 or older. They have been dealing with the adoption system for two years now.
Family 3: not technically a family in the traditional sense, but a single woman who currently has a lucrative family law practice here in town. She does not want to get married but she wants the opportunity to give a child a good home. She is looking to adopt a child 7 or older. She has been involved in this process for 6 months.
All of the cases above are situations where there are stable people who can afford to give a child a good life and who are looking for an older child. But they all feel that race is playing a big part in the problem. Especially since they know white couples who did not have to wait nearly as long to adopt a child.
And through my exposure with the clinics we offer at school, we have many people coming in for advice about how to have more success in going through the adoption process. All of them are Black.