Imagine a child living in foster care waiting for months, maybe even years, for a couple to come and adopt them and make them a part of their family. Then, finally after a long time of heartbreak and loneliness, a family does come. These two people have everything that any parent should in order to adopt such as: money, a stable job, no criminal record, plans for the future, domestic peace, and all the love a parent could give a child. Yet, at the end of this day, they are turned down and the child is at a loss of the opportunity of having a good, loving family. Why? Because the couple that wanted to adopt were two gay men. Does that seem fair?
Lgbtq couples should be able to adopt because, they can provide love and care, not letting them adopt
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What this argument does not take into account is that Many Girls look to hold the typical title of the beloved & adorable “Daddy 's little girl”. To a girl her father is the biggest part regarding male behavior. Studies show that adolescent girls who grow up without their dads, have a greater proximity and distance problems to peers and boys which could interfere with relationships later on in their lives which could unintentionally have them become teen moms. Lesbians more than likely do not have a close male adult in their lives so if they were to adopt a boy then the child would not have a male role model in their lives which could have them act out in life and become criminals or they will be more feminine.
Ultimately, the legalization of gay adoption everywhere would greatly benefit our society. A loving home that an orphaned child can call home is a blessing to not only the but to the parents as well. It would lessen the amount of juvenile delinquents and increase the amount of doctors, lawyers, scientists, teachers, etc. Anyone who has the ability to provide a loving and caring environment and wants a child should have the right to become a parent and not be denied the right because of who they
Protecting the child and provide an opportunity in which they will live a close to normal life is the goal. But with so many children in foster care and so little workers, children can be over looked. How can a child live in foster care their whole life? “It has been long stated and strongly held belief that foster care must not be a way of life for children, but rather that it is intended as a short-term treatment measure which, for the children’s welfare, must eventuate in their return to their parents or in legal adoption” (Kline,1972,p.51). Children eventually need to be put into long term, permanent homes.
Most families may want to genuinely help kids, but some other families may just want the money and not spend the time they need on these kids. “ You have nearly 17,000 children in the system who need services. They need foster homes, they need health care, they need mental health care “ William Kapell, senior attorney for Children’s Rights. Signing up to be a foster parent is a big responsibility because these kids are not normal kids, these kids are extra emotional and extra aware of multiple things. “ Most people assume that it is easier to foster younger kids than to take on older kids who have had more years of trauma behind them “ Kim.
Now to the pro side of all of this it is good for the people adopting the kid it gives them a chance to love something that maybe the can 't have or at least giving them a shot at being parents and it will give the kid a second chance to. The kid can bond with them the kid will feel loved and so will the parents no matter who you are you should always feel like someone is there for and thats what these parents are tryna do for these kids “If you have no kids, wait until your foster kids call you Mom and Dad for the first time. It is an awesome feeling and you will never look at life the same. There is no love like that of a child’s where they depend on you for so much.” I feel that this quote/saying is basically understanding the meaning of a new start like how every mother gets to feel that special little sense of love when they hear their baby 's first cry ,and the baby 's first word.
Colson does not mention nor take into account all of the heterosexual couples that leave their child in the car when it’s either freezing or scorching hot out and they die. Nor does Colson mention the number of heterosexual couples who abandon their child in the most despicable ways. It is like the old saying goes, “anyone can be a mother or father, but it takes a real woman or man to be a mommy or daddy”. The number of children in foster care and orphanages is enormous; wouldn’t allowing non-heterosexual couple adopt these children be a
There are many children that are stuck in the foster care system because they do not have a biological family or an adoptive
Fifty percent of all youth who aged out were involved in substance use and 17% of the females were pregnant (http://ccainstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=25&layout=blog&Itemid=43). In the U.S. 397,122 children are living without permanent families in the foster care system. 101,666 of these children are eligible for adoption, but nearly 32% of these children will wait over three years in foster care before being adopted (AFCARS report, No. 20). Pulling a child out of their home to place them in a foster care service with these types of statistics is unsettling. How would any of these findings promote the “best interests of the
Although many people are not happy with this decision, this is what the courts decided, so it is the reality of the situation. Due to factors such as cost, emotional consequences, and physical consequences, abortion should be the last case scenario. Following research, it can be concluded that adoption should be more readily available in America than abortion. “Adoption allows a birthparent to continue with her life, finish school and achieve other goals while knowing that her baby is being cared for. Adoptive children can grow up knowing they are in a stable home with a permanent family” (Brannagan n.p.).
Even though this may be an important idea to many people, there are multiple studies that have been done that prove that just because there is not both a mother and father present does not mean that the child will necessarily suffer. Lastly there are simply some people who do not really have a valid reason for standing against same-sex adoption, other than the fact that it is something they are just not used to. For these people if they would step out of the box for a second and look at how beneficial it would be for the children in foster care if same-sex couples had a better chance at adopting or even fostering, then maybe they would realize how positive the impact would
New parents are hard to accept, especially when the child has been passed home to home. These attachment issues may restrict the child from moving forward in their lives and excelling in the new environment provided (Robin). The lack of stability in the system is only setting up the children up for failure, according to Stone, “we treated foster children as if they were our own, yet many of them never felt as if they were.” It is difficult for young children and adolescents to comprehend the separation of their parents let alone the process of moving to multiple foster homes while under the guardianship of the state. Other children mask their hesitation at being attached to a family by letting others see only what they want to see.
The adoption process would take so much longer if people could only adopt the same race child that they are. Also, today there are couples who are each a different ethnicity, so the agencies would have to come up with some kind of system for that. It would cost time and money, when they could just let people adopt any child of any race they
I) Introduction – The Foster Care system and Homosexual’s being able to adopt both show through research to provide many benefits to a child in need. Although neither seems to be the best option, people seem to have rooted for one more than the other due to sexual orientation, but what for? Doesn’t both foster care and homosexual adoption provide love and care for children or is one more suitable for children than the other? Through personal research it seems as if Homosexual’s adopting children is just as good as a child remaining in the Foster Care system (Claim). II)
Conversion Therapy Although many people have strong convictions against gay people, sometimes leading parents to attempt to change their children’s sexual orientation, it should be banned on a national level for parents to be able to force their children under the age of 18 into conversion therapy because it is unconstitutional, it evidently damages the child's wellbeing, and the methods have never even been proven by credible research. Members of the ex-gay (anti-LGBT) movement argue that banning reparative therapy is an infringement on the rights to freedom of speech and religion, while parents following this movement have similar feelings and believe that putting their child through conversion therapy will help them be ridded of an "unwanted
This type of problem isn’t really one with causes, effects, and solutions, but one with pros and cons. Like any other adoption situation, a parent prove themselves to be responsible and capable enough to raise a child on their own, or with a spouse. This problem or issue is one that is proving to be a bigger one than many people most likely expected. In Today’s more liberal society, homosexuality seeing more acceptance than ever before. Homosexuals and heterosexuals alike have parental instincts and are as interested in beginning families and raising children.
Single parent adoption can result in several benefits for both the adopter and the adopted. A. The benefits of the adoption procedure by single parents on the abandoned children. 1. The welfares of adoption can be touched by a uncountable number of individuals all over the world, as approximately everybody has been affected by adoption in some kind of way. Neighbors, friends, families– not only a family is formed but also the young abandoned individual will have a Life secured for him and will be able to live with people that picked to cherish and love them.
Also, women who cannot have children will be able to have a child sooner than the aged they have to be now. Making the adoption process easier will save the lives of children who cannot find a