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re: Wife and I are thinking about adopting
Posted on 2/26/14 at 3:00 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 2/26/14 at 3:00 pm to fr33manator
Beware of adopting overseas.
Many fake agencies trafficking children or stealing money.
The family I mentioned has spent hundreds of thousands of US$ because of this.
Many fake agencies trafficking children or stealing money.
The family I mentioned has spent hundreds of thousands of US$ because of this.
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Posted on 2/26/14 at 3:03 pm to fabtigers
Foster care could be a great option for you. What are your wife's concerns?
Posted on 2/26/14 at 3:04 pm to SuzukiGoat
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Beware of adopting overseas. Many fake agencies trafficking children or stealing money. The family I mentioned has spent hundreds of thousands of US$ because of this.
As long as you adopt from a Hague Convention country and use a reputable US agency, this isn't a big concern anymore.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 3:10 pm to LSUGrrrl
My cousin just adopted 4 kids from Ukraine. Yes, they are the ones who have been in the national news. They couldn't be happier and said it's much easier than the red tape for adoption in America.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 3:11 pm to Federal Tiger
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I've read it can be anywhere from 20-50K now to adopt.
That's the fee to the Catholic Charities of NO Adoption Services....not the lawyers.
Common sense tells me that adopting a kid in the range op is thinking would be a lot cheaper due to lower demand. What yall are pricing is for newborns and infants, which are in much higher demand.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 3:13 pm to GRTiger
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Common sense tells me that adopting a kid in the range op is thinking would be a lot cheaper due to lower demand. What yall are pricing is for newborns and infants, which are in much higher demand.
The cost is the same no matter what age. The wait is longer for infants.
This isn't baby selling. There are set fees.
This post was edited on 2/26/14 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 2/26/14 at 3:42 pm to LSUsmartass
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Get a kid with autism and you can even make money on the deal
My biological son has autism. Your joke isn't funny.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 3:58 pm to i am dan
My dad was adopted at somewhere around 10-12 and it turned out really well for my grandmother. Well, he did knock my mother up in her younger 20s, but she was responsible, so again, it worked out 
Posted on 2/26/14 at 4:24 pm to BuckeyeFan87
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The cost is the same no matter what age.
That is wrong. In SC any teenager you adopt from DSS all the adoption fees are waived / picked up by the state.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 4:31 pm to LSU Piston
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Why? Just wondering.
It's what they want. Why question it?
Posted on 2/26/14 at 4:37 pm to i am dan
So you're looking for a fixer-upper? Black market.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 4:38 pm to Tuscaloosa
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10x cheaper to adopt internationally, and an infinite times the number of kids that need adopting. Also, orphans living - for example - in a third world country in Africa are a lot worse off than an orphan living in foster care or the orphanages in America.
Do it for Uncle Sam
Posted on 2/26/14 at 4:42 pm to fabtigers
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That is wrong. In SC any teenager you adopt from DSS all the adoption fees are waived / picked up by the state.
Yes, there are waivers for teens and special needs. The state pays the state legal fees. That's an extremely small portion of adoptions. But there isn't a sliding scale, market driven cost for adoption.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 5:36 pm to i am dan
My wife and I adopted a 9 year old about 6 years ago. When adopting an older child, you at least have an idea of the things they have been through.
Our son has changed our life in ways that we could not have imagined. He is a very talented baseball player and has given us much joy watching him excel on the mound.
He has had trouble bonding with us. He also has trouble telling the truth and with school.
Summing all of the positives and negatives up, I would not hesitate to adopt him again. He is a wonderful young man and I can't wait to see what time of person he becomes.
Our son has changed our life in ways that we could not have imagined. He is a very talented baseball player and has given us much joy watching him excel on the mound.
He has had trouble bonding with us. He also has trouble telling the truth and with school.
Summing all of the positives and negatives up, I would not hesitate to adopt him again. He is a wonderful young man and I can't wait to see what time of person he becomes.
This post was edited on 4/20/14 at 5:42 pm
Posted on 4/20/14 at 5:48 pm to i am dan
You could have your pick of many, many kids if this is your criteria. Do your homework and meet the kids a few times first. I have a cousin that adopted 10 kids over the past 6 years. All from the US and all different races. Nothing but positive reports and the kids seem to be great. Most fit the profile of what you are looking at.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 5:52 pm to Broke
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go to asia and adopt a chinaman
Strange but my wife and I were just talking about this at lunch today.
Good luck. It is easy to adopt girls from China, and almost impossible to adopt a boy.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 5:55 pm to Libertariantiger
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You could have your pick of many, many kids if this is your criteria. Do your homework and meet the kids a few times first. I have a cousin that adopted 10 kids over the past 6 years. All from the US and all different races. Nothing but positive reports and the kids seem to be great. Most fit the profile of what you are looking at.
We live in Houston, and adopted our son locally. We had an opportunity to interact with him several times, one sleepover and then we had to decide.
The process is pretty brutal, on both the kids and the prospective parents.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 5:58 pm to lsunurse
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When I worked at woman's there was a druggie mom that was supposed to give her baby up for adoption. She realized she would make more money off welfare and foodstamps keeping the baby. Instead of realizing she has like so many hours after the baby is born to claim her parental rights...she did every single drug she could get her hands on close to her due date which resulted in her going into labor and her and baby testing positive for drugs(which was a stipulation in the adoption contract...baby had to be white and not test positive for drugs or it would void the adoption).
Jesus. I hope that count ODs before she can do too much damage to the kid.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 6:01 pm to fr33manator
quote:like it matters
Why!?! PLENTY of kids in the US system without going off to Timbuktu so you can play Angelina Jolie and pick out Mfufu.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 6:04 pm to Libertariantiger
Something about shopping your kids does not sit right with me. Then, the fricked up kid that needs a family the most will get screwed. I couldn't live with myself knowing that I bailed on a kid that needed help
Maybe it is okay with some people, but those kids deserve better than that
I had absolutely no idea it was that expensive to adopt a kid. How do they justify that? Seems like a racket
Maybe it is okay with some people, but those kids deserve better than that
I had absolutely no idea it was that expensive to adopt a kid. How do they justify that? Seems like a racket
This post was edited on 4/20/14 at 6:07 pm
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