OKay. Well?

Question

Okay, im 13 years of Age. Im one of the nicest girls you can ever meet in my State. My Mother is letting me get a babysitting job, and okay, i got one last year, and well, ever since i starrted working with little kids, i've always wanted one to keep, but i dont want to have a kid, and adoption sounds good at the moment, My Mom has wanted one also, so she will be helping me with the baby, But how much does it usually cost to adopt a new born baby, maybe to the age of one!?

Answer 1

NO WAY! Get a plant, if you don't kill that, try a kitten, if you don't kill that, get a dog, if you don't kill that get another dog..... until you are 25, then decide if you can afford a child!

Answer 2

Sorry dear, you have to be at least 18 years old and able to fully support yourself on your own in order to qualify to adopt, no exceptions.

  I applaude your big heart though! Most young ladies can't imagine loving a child that wasn't born to them as much as their own.

  Just consider this as plenty of time to prepare yourself and your home for when you *are* able to add a lucky new member, and when the time comes, best wishes!

Answer 3

you just need to stop i can already see where this is headed go find an age appropriate hobby that won't ruin an innocent childs life.keep baby sitting that is all you need right now

Answer 4

So, like, okay, go get the Sims video game and adopt one on there, because like once you get sick of it you can like burn it up in the kitchen or like drown it in the pool.

Not like real kids who like cry and p**p their diapers and stuff, god they can be so demanding, and you have to like DO stuff for them, they are SO annoying.  And you can't like leave them in their cribs while you like go to the mall and stuff.

Or you could like get a hamster, they are pretty cute.

Answer 5

wow ur 13 no one will give u a baby by the time you are old enof to adopt everything will change ur mum is silly if she does this for you

Answer 6

Is this for real?

Please, work on growing up.  Get a good education, get a responsible job and then think about adopting a child.

Children NEED things and at the age of 13, you can't provide very much in terms of stability and "material necessities."  Love does not solve everything.  Realistically children cost alot of money.

Answer 7

You have to be 18 to adopt. Sorry!

Answer 8

although Im sure you think your heart is in the right place, you are not giving yourself enough time for your childhood. No matter how mature you are you still need time to be a teenager. There are too many things you need to do for yourself if you want to be a good parent. When your child grows up will it be okay with you if your child want to jump ahead a decade and take on responsibilities that should not concern them for their age?  

Being a good parents means not letting your children grow up too fast and missing some of the  most important developmental stages of their life.

Take your time, do the appropriate things for yourself if you want to be a good parent.

Have you considered what this might do to the child who is going to belong to your mother but is raised by you? What about the confusion this child is going to struggle with.

If you really want to adopt start reading, learn about the issues adoptees have, prepare yourself for when you are old enough to adopt on your own.

Answer 9

This is a joke, right?

Answer 10

Your mother would have to have an approved home study and be chosen by a mother placing her child.

If you are wanting to help children in foster care or children overseas that may be in orphanages. Host some fundraisers and donate to children's ministries.

Answer 11

wait a minute- I know that it is a hot day here in california, so I may be a bit delirious- but did you say, you are 13 and want to adopt a child, and your mom is ok with this? You would be the mother to a child just 12 years younger than you. WOW, am I glad I am delirious, because it this is actually what you wrote- your mom is crazy, if she would agree to this. An adoption agency would not agree to this anyway.

Answer 12

Although, I don't think this is a serious post, I would like to point out, just in case it is....

If you go to school, you are probably there from about 8-3, give or take an hour.  Then, you come home change clothes and get to work your.  With your 5 hours a day, that would have you getting out of work around 9 at night (um, labor laws), making it nearly impossible to be home much before 9:30, unless you live at work.  Then, after getting home, you would have homework, for probably an hour or so.  Then, you would have to feed the baby, give the baby a bath, spend some time with them and then put them to bed.  Oh, WAIT, the baby should've been in bed long before you even got home from work.

Enjoy all that quality time.

Answer 13

I am sorry, but being nice does not make you parent material.  You need about ten years more life experience before you will be near ready to have a child of your own.  

Babies are not readily available for adoption, and if they are, usually they are being placed by people who are young (though older than you) who want to "give their child a better life" and choosing a 13 year old (with her mother's help!) is not doing that.  Grow up some.  

It costs at least twenty thousand dollars to adopt a child, probably more if you help out with the biological mother's living expenses.  Again, you are NOT NOT NOT prepared to be a parent.

And no offense to your mother, she also doesn't seem stable enough to be a parent, since she is considering letting her 13 year old daughter adopt a baby.  Might as well pimp you out and pray you get pregnant.  God.

Edit: I do not care if you are mature, you obviously are not as mature as you think, any MATURE 13 year old would realize that a baby is NOT a doll and NOT something to take lightly.