Am I too young and poor to adopt a baby?!?

monkeykitty83

Whether you have sufficient income really depends on the cost of living in your area. The point is to make sure you're financially stable enough to provide for the child. In some areas, $53,000 is a high salary, and in other areas it wouldn't even be a living wage. Given your question, I suspect in your area it's probably in between those extremes, but that can't be answered across the board. It depends how much it costs to live and meet your needs in the area where you reside. If you feel you can afford to raise another child, you can probably demonstrate it to the social worker too, so it will likely be fine.

30 is old enough by every standard I'm aware of, though the requirements on age do vary by state/country/agency.

Given you already have a child, it might be preferable to have a 3-bedroom. Two adults and two young children in only two bedrooms would be a bit cramped. Three bedrooms would certainly be sufficient, regardless of if it's an apartment.

It is very likely you would be able to adopt, if you successfully complete the interview and homestudy process.

I suggest you look into adoption from state foster care, where there are tens of thousands of children waiting for permanent homes. The best way to get started is to contact your local Department of Family Services (what it's called varies from state to state, but it should be something close to that.) You can find the number in your phonebook in the list of state and county services, and they can get you started on the process.

Randy B

You are not too young by any standard I am aware of. As to your finances and your living situation, you need to be able to show that you can afford to have another child in your home and you will need to be able to provide accommodations for that child. If your home is deemed too small or deemed not to have sufficient bedrooms for another child then that will be a problem. There are requirements in most areas which outline whether or not children of certain ages and genders can share a bedroom or whether they cannot. I would hazard a guess that by the time you adopted your son would be old enough that you either must adopt a boy so they could share a room or have moved into another place with another bedroom.

Of course, the actual costs to adopt will depend upon the method you choose so that may make things not possible for you too. Adoptions through foster care are free or very lost cost but other methods could cost you $20k +. Costs for babies will usually be more and would take longer too.

Crucio

You are not too young to adopt. As far as youâ€™re financially situation the requirements probably vary from agency to agency. In most cases as long as you can provide the basics food, shelter and clothing and not be struggling to pay your bills or put food on the table. I would encourage you too look at adopting from foster care this is the cheapest form (maybe a few grand â€“ if that) of adoption and in some cases its free. The money that one didnâ€™t use for say a domestic infant adoption which can run at least 30grand often times higher can be used instead towards your children and family.

It is possible to end up with a baby or young toddler adopting from FCS. Since you are talking about adopting in the next 3 years you could say what ages you were wiling to take. If you adopted with in a year I'd say the oldest you'd want to accept seeing that your own son will be 4 would be an infant to 2 1/2 year old. If you adopted when your son was 6 you could consider taking up to a 4 1/2 year old.

gypsywinter

If you are able to 'conceive' your own babies.....why would you want to adopt another mother's baby? Newborns are scarce commodities in American Adoption Land...and many times agencies have a very long waiting list for newborns. Can you elaborate in how 'adoption is a beautiful thing' to you, especially when you are only speaking to/about a 'baby'? Please go have your own babies...there simply isn't enough newborns out there for you to avail yourself of. Adoption in and out of itself is not a 'beautiful thing'...all of adoption is predicated on a foundation of loss. A mother( family) has lost her baby/child, a baby/child has lost his/her's mother (family), and in many cases (though not in your own case) the PAP has lost the ability to conceive her own child. How is that 'beautiful"??

But if adoption for you, is about giving a truly needful child a safe place to live...consider foster care.

kathy h

your not to young nor to old i think you need to have a bigger plz but it cant hurt try!

erraticeve777

well. i know you're not to young. theres a lot of difficult procedures you have to under-go for adoption though..

im sorry, i dont know where to look into it..

Lacey

no your not

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allchildrenareangels

yes you are old enough to adopt. The only think I can think of as being a problem is you need to have a 3 bedroom so the baby will have a room. Ummm since you say you don't have a lot of money compared to the prices where you live. I would really suggest going through your local family and children services. There are a lot of children that need homes. You can tell them what age and all that you are willing to adopt. I would probably go ahead and get started in the process because, it might take a little while to find your little one especially if you are wanting a baby. It doesn't cost to go through the state. I would foster to adopt if I were you. Call your local family and children services and they can tell you what to do. Good luck. :0)

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Michelle

hj2k9 in da mix

You're not too young nor too old my cousin lydia adopted a baby when she was 16 and your not too poor eithor lydia was skint with no man no job go ahead take the chance and good luck on your choosing :)

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