Since this is not the type of adoption my husband and I are pursuing, I am, in some ways, woefully uneducated about it. I have a few questions that maybe someone can answer for me.
1) I always hear about how people want to adopt through IA to "get" an infant, and yet, according to my understanding, most of these countries don't have many (if any) infants available for adoption. Is it country to country, or is that another misconception...?
2) I often hear about IA children being in foster care before being adopted and brought overseas...If there is a foster care system in place in certain countries, why isn't it being fully utilized, as ours is here, to have children either reunified or domestically adopted?
3) Have things changed in the last decade or so, as far as practices? I know there is corruption (duh), but I'm wondering if there have been any improvements, or, God forbid, any deterioration in these systems?
I know these are a lot of questions. If you can't, or don't have time to answer all of them, no worries. I guess I'm just hoping to get some info, particularly from IAP's and Adoptees. I know there are many countries and many systems at play, but even your personal experiences would help to give some context.
Thanks!
Uh, yeah. The question should read "InternationAL Adoption". Der.
1) I always hear about how people want to adopt through IA to "get" an infant, and yet, according to my understanding, most of these countries don't have many (if any) infants available for adoption. Is it country to country, or is that another misconception...?
2) I often hear about IA children being in foster care before being adopted and brought overseas...If there is a foster care system in place in certain countries, why isn't it being fully utilized, as ours is here, to have children either reunified or domestically adopted?
3) Have things changed in the last decade or so, as far as practices? I know there is corruption (duh), but I'm wondering if there have been any improvements, or, God forbid, any deterioration in these systems?
I know these are a lot of questions. If you can't, or don't have time to answer all of them, no worries. I guess I'm just hoping to get some info, particularly from IAP's and Adoptees. I know there are many countries and many systems at play, but even your personal experiences would help to give some context.
Thanks!
Uh, yeah. The question should read "InternationAL Adoption". Der.