What if there were NO adoption agencies?
If adoption agencies were all closed TODAY, how do you think that would affect the Adoption process as it stands currently?
If there was no one proffiting upon adoption, like Heather said, adoption would simply be a social service for children with no families.
I also think if there were no Adoption Agencies in place there might be more focus on WHY children get placed for adoption in a lot of the foreign countries where there is heavy IA. In order to really make a difference and change things for the kids we have to take a good hard look at the WHYs of the situation and fix those things. Maybe more women and children geared social welfare programs in these countries, work on lessening the social stigma attached to single parenthood, and better sex ed/easier access to birth control.
In order to really affect the system you have to look at the WHY and keep women from having to come to a place where they have to make that decision not to parent.
Adoption would become a social service serving the needs of children. Instead of an industry serving only the paying customer.
Roll on the day that huge amounts of money change hands in the name of ‘childrens services’ ceases!
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American Adoptee in the UK
I think there would still be infants abandoned in 2nd world countries.
And I think prospective parents would be forced into accepting that just because they would like an overseas infant does not mean they can always have it – that faith has faults based on other human decisions.
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If there was no one proffiting upon adoption, like Heather said, adoption would simply be a social service for children with no families.
I also think if there were no adoption agencies in place there might be more focus on WHY children get placed for adoption in a lot of the foreign countries where there is heavy IA. In order to really make a difference and change things for the kids we have to take a good hard look at the WHYs of the situation and fix those things. Maybe more women and children geared social welfare programs in these countries, work on lessening the social stigma attached to single parenthood, and better sex ed/easier access to birth control.
In order to really affect the system you have to look at the WHY and keep women from having to come to a place where they have to make that decision not to parent.
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Surprisingly self actualized adult adoptee
it would become black market…like human trafficking.
or..
it will return to the original purpose: to provide children with homes, not adults with children who can’t have their own.
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It would probably force anyone wanting to adopt to adopt from the state which would not be a bad thing.
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The foster care system would be even more overloaded than it already is.
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I think one of the posters was right in saying there would be a huge increase in children being put into the foster care system. more children in other countries would be stuck living in overcrowded orphanages and suffering as a result either by staying in and not getting proper care or by aging out and having to live on their own. i also think that things would be a lot less official like they were ages ago where children were just given to other families to raise or abandoned in public areas. I don’t think it would improve things.
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Here’s an example.
Australia has a very low rate of adoption due to its family preservation policies. However, there are thousands of kids put into permanent foster care from birth until they turn 18yrs old.
The stats haven’t changed really that much in kids growing up outside of their biological families, its just the conditions have changed. I have seen in recent times a shift to permanent care as an option over adoption. We paid only for our assessments, court fee’s, etc. Social workers are paid by the goverment and they don’t have ‘quota’s’ on placements of children for adoption.
I don’t see the need for any profits or private agencies any where in the world when relating placement of children into homes. This is something the broader global community should be concerned about. Yet you never hear about it. I suppose its because no one wants to confront America about changing their approach towards adoption.
Inter-country- they still need a place to deal with when it comes to children being placed into homes. But it should be run by non-profit organisations within the country and strict regulations.
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