Why do so many people adopt children from foreign countries

[dwalt]

When so many here need adopting?

[frenchy]

yeah i agree with everybody here .. its a lot harder to adopt here than abroad and the chance the birth mother might change her mind is the worst nightmare an adoptee mom can face .. and i also agree about the abortion not goin past 20 weeks unless of course there's some kinda medical emergency .. if you ain't made up your mind by 20 weeks congratulations you're havin a baby .. 

and i think cresty is on the right track too about some kinda birth control for mothers who can't afford the children they have .. i have no problem helpin a mother if she needs it .. but if she keeps doin the same dumb thing over and over there has to be some kind of accountability .. 

[uno,dos,3]

I think it's because the children from foreign countries have a better work ethic.

[dwalt]

Good point.

[Kim]

I know from several very good friends the WHYS of adopting in the US. There is a VERY long waiting list in general for a WHITE BABY. There really aren't too many. People who may not want to adopt a black/bi-racial baby might not mind a Chinese baby and places like Russia and Bulgaria which is a popular adopting country are WHITE children. And there is LOTS AND LOTS. When I say LONG waiting list, I mean, it took my one friend about a YEAR to get their first child in Bulgaria and a year and a half to get their second child but in the United States, it is sometimes up to 4-5 years. But MOST people wait "about a year". ANother thing was an OPEN ADOPTION is very popular in US. It works for many people but it is very risky. The birth mother can take that child back months after that baby has been "adopted". And of course, the relationship with the mother and child could get a little "psycho" depending.  In foreign countries, once you sign and take the kid home, that's IT, there is no further RED TAPE. Well, not much.

[Kim]

AMEN, CRESTY...SOMETHING should be done! THere's a woman in my neighborhood who comes to the pool either holding a "new" baby or 7/8 months pregnant every year I have lived here. I don't really know her well but she is the "talker" of the pool so I always hear things she is saying. Her husband works but they DO STRUGGLE. OK, she seems like a "nice enough" person and a good mother but GEEZ LOUISE...someone BETTER sit her DOWN and tell her where babies come from because she is NOT making the connection. I have a regular size mobile home with a little "addition" off the living room that is big enough for my couch and 2 coffee tables, 2 bedrooms and my daughter and I feel so cramped. THIS woman and her family of 6 lives in the next size DOWN, no addition, and she has 3 bedrooms but MY master bedroom is too small even. I CAN"T imagine how impossibly small that place would BE!! Well, MAYBE she has bunk beds which works for a little while until you have to separate the boys and the girls!!