Adoption criteria - depressive disorders? Other questions..?

Question

I was recently reading about how many female children in China are given up for adoption all of the time. I checked out the criteria out of curiosity and someone who is on depression/anxiety medication can not adopt. Is that criteria similar in other countries? The information stated that you could only adopt after you had been free of these problems for at least two years and off the medicine for as long.

Is America the same?

Are adoptions from other countries so rigid?

If you rule out people based on age, marital status, sexual preference, weight, disability, and people correcting a chemical imbalance with medicine that makes them perfectly normal, how many people does that actually leave? I'm not saying children shouldn't get a fair shot at that perfect life.. but where do people who want to adopt and aren't perfect go?

Just curious.

Answer 1

To adopt a child from Korea you have to have a BMI or body Mass Index under a certain number.

Answer 2

These are China's rules, each country has a different set of rules they require of prospective adoptive parents.

The $80K is not annual salary but the families net worth.

Also as an FYI, female children in China are not given up for adoption, it is illegal to do so.  The children available for adoption in China were abandoned.

Answer 3

When in Rome . . .

If you want to adopt from someone else's country, you have to go by their rules.  Simple.

Answer 4

What's wrong with that?  They want what's best for their children.  I wish more countries were that selective.

Answer 5

Different countries have different requirements.  China's are more rigid than most international adoption programs.  Gersh, lov ya, but you are wrong on this one.  The "demand" DOES NOT exceed the "supply" in China.  That may be true in other countries, but not China.  China has a way bigger problem with baby abandonment than they want the world to know.  There are tens of thousands of children abandoned who grow up in orphanages in dismal conditions (conditions in which too big a percentage of them don't survive - these orphanages are the ones from which international adoptions do not take place.  China only does the adoption paperwork for children in the orphanages that they can let outsiders see.)

Answer 6

If adopting through the American foster care system, depressive disorders are not looked down upon.  In fact, in a way, it's almost a plus, because if you've been through it and have learned to be a productive member of society, you'll have the resources to help your children if they develop mental health issues.

And they don't have any income requirements.

Answer 7

Ok, the rules that China has made do not necessarily apply  to other countries.  But each country and each agency can make its own rules as to who can adopt and who cannot through them.

But the stricter rules were made because China needed a better screening tool, as they have so many adoptive applicnts.   Some agencies only approve Christians, others only approve non-smokers, others only approve infertile couples, other approve only couples, no singles.  

And perfection is not the issue.  No one is perfect.  But the people/agency/country responsible for the future of a child has the right to make the criteria necessary to adopt.  If one agency or country is not a good match for a particular person or couple, then they should simply select another that is a better match for them.

Answer 8

The laws for adoption are quite stringent in India too. The entire focus is on the welfare and proper upbringing of the child adopted. The parents have to be able to raise the child well in a loving atmosphere and take care in every way.

Several aspirants for adoption are ruled out for the reasons of age, marital status, disability etc.still , there are 10 eligible applicants for a child,available for adoption. In such cases, a judge from the court of law is required to give his rulings.

While I feel sympathy for such persons who are willing to adopt a child but are not perfect to qualify,still , the society cannot think of punishing an innocent child by allowing to be adopted by not so perfect parents.The law and the society have to look after the welfare of the child only.

Answer 9

Welcome to h**l........adoption can be difficult.

I have several friends who have adopted....(so have I)  and what agencies do not always understand is that depression is a side affect of infertility for many woman. It is a blow that hits her and her inability to rationalize causes great angst and frustration. This is a qulaity of life issue and not a mental disorder.

That said someone suffering from mental illness before infertility does not apply to what I just said.

Foreign countries can make up any criteria they want.

The US is a little more lax but you still have some uncertainties.

I know this is not what you want to hear but it is fact.

Have you looked into Korea?

Answer 10

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