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vermin · 10-18-2005, 07:19 PM

Interesting thread.
My wife and I are looking forward to adopting a child in the next few months. We went through parenting classes in July (required in Arizona), passed the background checks, and are waiting to hear from some social workers about several older (5-9 year olds) children we found on the AdoptUSKids web site. We have one bio-brat who's 5, but the wife's diabetic and had her tube tied during the c-section because of the difficulties of pregnancy with diabetes.
It's my understanding that most of the kids up for adoption weren't given up, but removed from homes due to abuse, neglect, etc. I know there is a potential for trouble in adopting a troubled child, but I think it's worth the risk to try to give a good home to a kid who's life has been pretty fucked up 'til now.
I understand (frogza and bad jane's) desire for biological children and I support trying everything you can to have your own children. But it wouldn't hurt to give some thought to the possibility of helping a "neglectarino". (over 6,000 in the state of Arizona alone)

10-18-2005, 07:19 PM	#18 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	Interesting thread. My wife and I are looking forward to adopting a child in the next few months. We went through parenting classes in July (required in Arizona), passed the background checks, and are waiting to hear from some social workers about several older (5-9 year olds) children we found on the AdoptUSKids web site. We have one bio-brat who's 5, but the wife's diabetic and had her tube tied during the c-section because of the difficulties of pregnancy with diabetes. It's my understanding that most of the kids up for adoption weren't given up, but removed from homes due to abuse, neglect, etc. I know there is a potential for trouble in adopting a troubled child, but I think it's worth the risk to try to give a good home to a kid who's life has been pretty fucked up 'til now. I understand (frogza and bad jane's) desire for biological children and I support trying everything you can to have your own children. But it wouldn't hurt to give some thought to the possibility of helping a "neglectarino". (over 6,000 in the state of Arizona alone) __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.