What Do You think is the Best Age to Adopt?

Question

A child. The age where you can bond the most with them

Answer 1

It varies.  I know people who are fostering teenagers.  They are bonded with those teens like they are their own teens.  They have also adopted a 4 year old girl.  They are hoping to adopt a 1 yr old boy.  They have also given birth to two kids, and are expecting a third.

While adopting babies is nice, the reality is, there are MANY older kids needing loving parents and very few babies.

Answer 2

You don't have to adopt a baby to bond with them.  Small children crave attention and love too.  Just find out what ages you'd be interested by checking out the kids available.  Sometimes people get their hearts set on one age but fall in love with a kid of a different age.  Kudos to you for wanting to adopt a child.

Answer 3

baby - they grow up only knowing & loving you

Answer 4

Adopting a baby has many good advantages as they are able to bond and attach to you. Children who have been bumped from one home to another have attachment issues (unattached children) and can have serious problems. If you can adopt a child younger than 6 months, it would be ideal however there are beautiful children who are older that you may consider. Many children up for adoption have special needs and need a loving environment to help them.

It is all up to you really. I would love to adopt a preschooler myself, even though I know there may be issues to work out.

Answer 5

1 year or younger. By 2 or 3 they already have developed some problems if they have been in abusive household or something like that. If anything, 3 or under because they won't remember much. Older than that they'll start developing bigger psychological problems.

Basically you want a child who can't remember anything bad that has happened to them before, and who hasn't yet developed psychological problems (like bedwetting, bad nightmares, or extreme shyness.)

Answer 6

This answer is pretty obvious... The younger the child is, the easier it will be to bond with the child.  That's one of the MANY reasons why infants are in such  high demand.

Answer 7

If I ever adopted (with 5kids I don't think so) I would not adopt a baby because there are plenty older kids who want a loving family and a home out there. I think the best age (for me) would be 7-18.