Would you adopt a kid with HIV?

Question

I dont think I can, watching the kid to grow up suffering and then die so early.

Answer 1

No, I am too selfish to go through that.

Answer 2

if i met them & they needed love & care and I felt i could provide this, then yes. It is cowardly to not want to see them suffer & die- the child will STILL suffer & die regardless as to whether you are there or not and turning your back and ignoring that wont make it go away. I would feel if i could do something to make their fsuffering less, and their death easier for them and know i will keep their memory alive then i would do it....

And any child could die you; my nephew died from cancer age 4 but my sister didnt decide to give him away because she was going to see him in pain and die; I coudnt adopt a kid with HIV right now as i have a young family of my own and cannot provide the time & money i would want to, but if one came into my life i would still consider it ; all children deserve the world.

Answer 3

I would like to say yes but the answer is sadly probably no. Those children deserve homes just as much as any other child but it is a much more intense, complicated situation that I believe I am capable of handling effectively enough to provide a good home for a child with HIV. :( It makes me sad to answer this way though.  

Answer 4

My Dad has, my little brother is 8 and has HIV. It's not as bad as people think, if you catch it early enough, you can get treatment and it doesn't necessarily mean a death sentence. He's never going to be "normal" and we all have to be careful if he cuts himself but that doesn't mean we don't love him. He's happy and healthy otherwise.

Every kid deserves to be happy, heck my Dad and Mum have adopted 5 boys. Me, my best friend, my 14 year old brother, his biological borther (the one with HIV) and a 12 year old boy. We've all had "problems" and my fourteen year old brother is very difficult sometimes. We've all had very rough backgrounds but my parents are the best in the world. Heck my dad adopted me and my best mate from England. He's australian, that means a lot to us, he cared so much about us he literally flew around the world for us.

Answer 5

No, i would not.

Answer 6

Well it depends, if this kid is in a terrible situation, like no money for the medicine that could prolong his or her life than yes because shouldn't a person make the child's life as comfortable as they can. And yes there is the sad part, such as the child is now part of your family and you'll have to take care of him or her and there is a chance that the child may not even live to be 20, so the emotion aspect can be devastating. But I would probably adopt the child even with HIV because i can at least make the child's life better for the short while i did.

Answer 7

Nope. I'd adopt a family with HIV and try and help them the best I could.

Answer 8

Yes. We don't "own" our children; we have them temporarily anyway, and when they're adults we have to let them go. A HIV+ child can be just as much of a joy to raise, albeit much more of a challenge (and more expensive), but nonetheless rewarding. They deserve a family just as much as anyone else.  

Answer 9

no

Answer 10

I don't think I could, but only because I wouldn't be able to give the child everything he/she would need and I don't think i could cope with seeing the child so ill. I don't know enough about the disease to really comment on the affects it would have on the child though, so maybe if I looked into it properly, who knows. I have full respect for people who are strong enough to do this though.

Answer 11

i'm sorry but i think that's just wrong. He could even die horribly but you could at least let him live a happy life and do the best you can for him.

Answer 12

yes, i would try to give them the best time of there life while they are still here

Answer 13

I wouldn't adopt a kid.

But for that matter, why did you pick HIV.  There millions of kids with other diseases worse than HIV that also want homes.

But, I also suspect that you are not old enough to adopt a kid anyone, so the question is moot.

Answer 14

Good God nooo!

Answer 15

i couldn't either.

sure, i would be taking a child in and giving it shelter and care, but i don't think i could bear to watch someone that i've gotten so attached to die

Answer 16

Not  for  the  world  

Answer 17

yah that is true.

it would be hard ferr me. :)

i mean i wish i could just be like Angelina Jolie; and just adopt with out caring what they have.

but in the end when they die so early, then she will regret itt all.

D:

Answer 18

and watch them die..

dont think so  

Answer 19

Yes, all children need a guardian who could offer them a home filled with love and stability regardless whatever there disability, illness or length or shortness of life they may have.  

Answer 20

I think I would. Yeah, it would be difficult, but they deserve as good a life as any other child. I would find it extremely hard to say 'goodbye' though.

Answer 21

you said it, it is a very hart-sore story to love a HIV child and then they die, but their is people that have the hart and the patients and the source's to look after them and after all they need all the love in the world to go through it and the people that looks after them, good luck to them all and may God bless you all.