How do i adopt?please read?

Question

how do i adopt a kid in usa how much do i have to pay?

i really feel bad for these kids and im only 12 so how can i convince my parents to adopt one please help?

Answer 1

ummm...no offence but i seriously doubt ur parents are gunna adopt a kid, like SERIOUSLY

but try if u want to...

Answer 2

The only real "need" in the U. S. is for adoptive parents for older children in foster care, and also for special needs children in foster care.  This is where the need is.  All the infants in the U.S. have 100's of approved adoptive parents waiting to get the call that they have been selected by a birthmother for one of these babies!

But children who come into foster care, due to negelct or abuse, and are in state custody, often stay in foster care for many years, and some their whole life!

The average child is moved 18 times in foster care before they "age out", meaning they are old enough to live on their own, without ever knowing a loving parent or a stable home!  No grandparents to revel over them, no cousins to play with, no college fund, no dog to cuddle up with, no one to plan and care for them forever.  

These children have many special needs, and have gone through h**l and back.  Some may have physical needs or  medical needs.  Most all have significant emotional needs (who wouldn't??).  Some may be mentally slowed.  Many are educationall behind due to all the energy and time they have had to devote to surviving, and moving around and living pilar to post.  Most require therapy and the family will need family therapy to learn how to parent this child effectively.

Adopting older children through foster care takes so much time, love, patience, and knowledge.  Parents should be well prepared and know that they cannot make up for many years of deprivation and abuse by just loving this child!  Some of these children will always have struggles.  Some will blossom! All need love and stability and gentle but consistent parents who will commit to them forever!

Good luck with your parents!

Answer 3

thats ok i try  and persude my parent every day to adopt.  i am only 13.it seems as though they want to. every tinme my mom sees a t.v. show about orphans in africa it gets her closer to getting one. so sometimes i purposely look for them u should try hope it helps

Answer 4

Tell them to replace you with the kid.

Answer 5

Awwwwwww aint you a sweet person.  But hunny it all depends on your parents because there the ones that are going to financially support that kid.  

Anyway hope all goes well!

GoodLuck!

Answer 6

You might be able to impact your parents' desire by taking them to a Heart Gallery.  It's set up like an art gallery with portraits of kids looking for forever families along with some biographical information on the kids.  It's an awesome way to put a face to a statistic...it's easy to say that x number of kids are in foster care awaiting adoption...it's another thing to look into the eyes of one of those kids.

To see if you have one in your area, go to:

http://www.heartgallerynm.org/natl.php

and search for your state.

You won't be able to "convince" your parents because it needs to be their decision if it's going to happen.  I do, however, know of several families who adopted because their kids prayed them into it and helped nudge their folks along (Steven Curtis Chapman is the famous story of this!  Check out the whole thing by going to

http://www.stevencurtischapman.com/adopt... )

So...talk to them about it, pray for them & let God work His miracle in your life.

Also...whether or not your parents end up adopting, you can adopt when you're an adult. :-)  I love how I hear about people who knew they were supposed to adopt from the time they were young!  It's awesome!