Just curious-what country did you adopt from & why that one (foreign adopters)?

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Just curious-what country did you adopt from & why that one (foreign adopters)?

Answer 1

We choose China because we wanted a toddler and they have so many children waiting for a forever family.  Also we knew we didn't want a child that could possibly have FAS, been abused, born addicted or exposed to drugs, have diseases.  We knew in our hearts that a child like that would be too much for us to willing accept.  If however our angel turned out to have any problems we would handle them like we would any bio child.

Answer 2

We chose to adopt from China because we fitted the criteria and because my husband's family came from there (we felt that it would be easier to teach our child a culture that we were already familiar with than to adopt from a completely different culture).

Most families choose a country that they both meet the criteria (some countries have age restrictions, health or financial restrictions ) and that they have some kind of afinity with - maybe they have travelled there or have friends or neighbours from there or just have always been interested in that country or region.

Answer 3

My baby sister was adopted from China a year ago and we chose China because thereare so many its sad. I love her so much and g,ad we went with China

Answer 4

I decided to adopt about 8 years ago. First I called our local DFCS. I was told that I would only be permitted to adopt severe special needs or much older children (teen agers). I was single and had never been a parent. That conversation scared the daylights out of me. So I started looking international.

First I looked at Eastern European countries because that is where my ancesters came from. I stumbled across some internet site regarding RAD. The understaffed orphanages produce large numbers of children with RAD. This issue scared me too. So I started looking at other countries. Korea was out because I was single, Guatamale was out as well for the same reason though I believe they now accept singles. At the time they did not allow singles. South Africa was out because I had to go work in the orphanage (not a problem) then chose which one I would bring home! I thought are they nuts? It would be like deciding which ones I was chosing to leave behind (there is the problem). I looked at Vietnam, Cambodia, Pure, India, Nepal. I looked at country after country and ultimately went with China.

China had healthy infants and the word on the net and with agencies was that RAD did not happen with Chinese babies. (I have since learned differently). There was only one two week trip required. They accepted singles. The fees were set and there were no surprises. The process was set and defined. It was a model process and most importantly, there was an understanding that if you did X, Y, X and paid the fees that went with X, Y, and Z you would have a baby.

I have not regretted the decision I made. I have a beautiful little daughter who is now 4 years old. She became my daughter at 12 months of age and is the light of my life. It was the perfect decision and if I had to do it over, I would...every painful waiting moment.

Answer 5

well my aunt adopted from china after her youngest child was 10 becase she felt she had more love to give

Answer 6

My husband and I are adopting from Vietnam for our first (some agency's have age requirements and others don't, some countries do and others don't). For us, I really wanted to adopt from China - a girl, because they are so over-populated and girls are so unwanted there, but you have to be 30, and we are only in our early/mid 20's. My next choices are Vietnam, Cambodia and Guam. We wanted to choose somewhere that we knew the orphanages weren't a "nice" place for the kids to live, to adopt the kids that needed it most, that were experiencing the most poverty. Because of some new policy's in Cambodia, it is VERY difficult to adopt from there, (and not Africa because so many of the kids have diseases like HIV and AIDS that can take up to 6 months to even detect), so we decided on Vietnam. We are so excited!!

How this answers your questions, good luck to you!!

Toni Lynne   :)