Is adoption expensive?

Adoptionissadnsick

Costs do vary but I think on average it costs the adoptee a complete sense of self and shatters the ability to love unconditionally, while depleting the stores of trust. It costs feeling acceptance, and having one's natural abilities and traits modeled.

For the mother of adoption loss it can cost her future fertility, confidence, self-esteem. Sometimes it costs her severe depression and lack of trust in others. There is a toll of resentment her family may bear for not helping her keep her baby.

For the adoptive parents, usually it's just a bunch of money. Oh and some paperwork.

Heather B

Some of the fees are for 'expenses' and the rest of it goes into the agencies pocket ( have you seen some of their tax returns - it's criminal)

Adopt via the foster care system. Don't continue to drive an industry making money off the backs of little babes and vulnerable women

SheepManTheBarbarian

I don't suggest that you go about adopting a child. I was in foster care from the day i was born untill i was 13th. I was adopted then. I hate being adopted and i hate the family that i am with. Everyone thinks that there story will be different but it wont. Kids don't adjust very well at all. I would suggest trying foster parenting first.

grapesgum

Yes adoption is very expensive for the family who loses the child. It usually means a lifetime of grief and the costs for long-term mental health care. In some cases, the adoptive parents are required to pay for what they call "counseling" until the relinquishing mother has no legal chance of getting her baby back. Then they kick her to curb and she is on her own. The "counseling" that they do provide does not address grief. The counselor just tells her over and over that she made the right choice.

InMyOpinion

go through social services. no fees.

Dispatch Diva

Contact family services. Often there are little or no fees involved.

mscrawdad

Go through your country. There are no fees for adoption other than perhaps minimal documentation fees. Hope you find what you are looking for. Good luck.

sarahhhhhhh

I think that no one should put a price on a childs wellbeing......but thats just me. I think its a discrace to put a price on a child like priceing up cattle! Shocking.

Freckle Face

8,000 to 12,000 dollars is the average cost of a domestic adoption thru an agency.

There are some agencies that adjust the cost on a pay scale according to how much you make.

We were told that $4,000 went towards counseling prospective b-parents. The rest of it went to paperwork fees and lawyer fees and foster care fees. How much of this is true? I don't know anymore.

My best friend has adopted two boys thru foster care. One was adopted at 9 months and the other at 1 yr. They are wonderful little boys. She said she only had to pay a $50.00 fee.

If I had to do it all over again knowing what i do now, I probably would have went thru foster care.

If you have anymore questions just email me, I'd be happy to help. I'll give you the best straightforward answers i can. Good Luck to you.

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