Domestic vs. International Adoption

The numbers are staggering, but recent information suggests that there are over 130 million orphans worldwide right now, many in the United States, but many more in third world countries in various places. Whether due to infertility or out of conviction to provide a stable home for a child, adoption is one of the most rewarding experiences you may ever encounter. While your local children’s aid or family services organizations are overwhelmed with orphaned children, countries with fewer resources are also dealing with orphans, but on a much larger scale. Without adequate funding to look after orphans, the living conditions for orphans in other parts of the world is heartbreaking.Both international and domestic adoptions are good, but each individual must decide on their own which one will work best for their family. By adopting domestically the costs are often significantly lower than the costs involved in international adoption, which can be as high as $30,000. Many of the children available for adoption in foreign countries have lost their parents to disease or war, yet others have simply been abandoned because the parents could not afford to care for them. Without an adoptive family, many of these children will spend their entire lives in an orphanage, alone and in terrible living conditions. Depending on your location and the organizations that look after adoptions in your area, it may be more likely that the children waiting to be adopted are not babies, but toddlers. This is one of the biggest decisions when adopting as plenty of people would prefer to adopt a newborn baby, and not a toddler. Unfortunately though, many of these older children get overlooked and they still need to be adopted and loved.No matter where you choose to adopt from the decision cannot be made lightly. Weigh all the options and choose what works best for you and your family. Either way, inviting a child to become part of your family, no matter where they came from is what really matters. For more information on adoption please visit For My Kids World