Adoption in Illinois?

Question

In Illinois can you adopt a 3-5 year old child of any gender when you are 21 and if so how much does it cost.

Answer 1

Try foster care.

Answer 2

21 is nice and young - peak fertility

for most. Why not make your own family? Adoption is not the same as raising one's own children.

Costs do vary but I think on average it costs the adoptee a complete sense of self and shatters the ability to love unconditionally, while depleting the stores of trust. It costs feeling acceptance, and having one's natural abilities and traits modeled.

For the mother of adoption loss it can cost her future fertility, confidence, self-esteem. Sometimes it costs her severe depression and lack of trust in others. There is a toll of resentment her family may bear for not helping her keep her baby.

For the adoptive parents, usually it's just a bunch of money. Oh and some paperwork.