What+I+Want+to+Learn-Adoption-Courtney

Adoption Anger comes from loss or when we don't get what we think we want. The adopted daughter is angry because she hasn't gotten what she thinks she wanted -- her real mom and dad. She is fantasizing about a world of perfection where everything is okay. She believes in her heart that if she had not been given up, then everything would be better and she wouldn't have the "emptiness" she feels. || Kieley's adoption.
 * Questions || Answers ||
 * how much does adoption affect a child’s life? || depending on the child and there age. ||
 * Whats the average for how many kids get adopted a year? ||  ||
 * Why do kids get put up for adoption? || someone doesn't think the parents are fit enough. ||
 * What is open adoption? || **Open adoption** is an adoption in which the natural mother or parents and adoptive family know the identity of each other. In open adoption, the parental rights of biological parents are terminated, as they are in "closed adoptions" and the adoptive parents become the legal parents, yet the parties elect to remain in contact. Open adoption has become the norm in most states in the adoption of newborns. But “open” can mean different things to different people ||
 * What are the different kinds of adoption? || 6-9 different kinds of adoption
 * **Open and Closed Child Adoption**
 * **Intrastate and Interstate Child Adoption**
 * **Facilitator Adoption**
 * **Foster Care Adoption**
 * Agency and Private Child Adoption
 * **Domestic Versus International** ||
 * How many kids can get adopted at once? ||  ||
 * Why do you have to fill out a form to adopt a kid? ||  ||
 * What are the steps you have to take to adopt? || * [|Educate yourself] and [|your family members].
 * Decide what [|type of adoption] you want pursue.
 * Investigate ways to handle [|adoption expenses].
 * [|Select an adoption agency]/facilitator and/or [|attorney]
 * Complete an agency application form.
 * Begin the [|home study process].
 * Attend pre-adoption and parenting classes.
 * Be matched with or locate a child.
 * Prepare for your child's arrival.
 * File a petition to adopt.
 * Finalize the adoption.
 * Post-adoption services and education. ||
 * What happens to the kids once they are put up for adoption? ||  ||
 * Where do the kids stay? ||  ||
 * how old does a kid have to be to be put up for adoption? || any age. ||
 * Can the kid change there name once put up for adoption? ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do all kids know they are adopted? ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">About how many kids get put up for adoption a year? ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do the kids get things on Christmas or their birthdays while being put up for adoption? ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do they keep a record of the kids parents that get adopted? ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If a teen who is up for adoption has a baby what happens to their babies? ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">how much does it coast to adopt? || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The total cost of adopting varies from $0 to more than $40,000, depending on a number of factors. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">are teens that are adopted and a mid age have problems after adoption? || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now she has serious behavioral (and moral) problems. We are at our last hope for helping her. Is there any way you can help us?"
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">are teens that are adopted and a mid age have problems after adoption? || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now she has serious behavioral (and moral) problems. We are at our last hope for helping her. Is there any way you can help us?"
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">do older children get adopted? || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Most people wanting to adopt prefer to adopt an infant – that is a fact. The desire to start a relationship with a newly adopted child as soon as possible after birth is strong. Adopting an older child brings a lot of unknowns. That being said, when one embarks on an intercountry adoption it is fairly rare to complete an adoption when your child is still an infant ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why are there so many children who don’t get adopted? || most kids who don't get adopted are teenagers. Most people when they adopt are looking for younger kids. ||
 * Questions || Answers ||
 * did your adoption effect you much? || kinda, I moved for the 4th time. ||
 * Do you have contact wih your birth parents? || Kinda, I don't really talk to them ||
 * Do you think your adoption was for the best? || YES!!! ||
 * Do you know why you were put up for adoption? || Because my birthparents couldn't take care of me and my nana and papa couldn't take it any more. ||
 * How long were you put up for adoption? || I don't know ||
 * Where do you stay when your put up for adoption? || no answer ||
 * What was the best part? || getting to decorate my new room. ||
 * what was the worse part? || saying bye-bye to my birth parents. ||
 * Do you know your birth parents? || yes. ||
 * did much change when you were adopted or put up for adoption? || no. ||
 * Do you remember much of your adoption? || yes, kinda. ||
 * What's the hardest part for you today? || how everyone makes fun of adopted people. ||
 * When you got adopted how did you feel? || Happy. ||
 * Were you & your sister In there for the same amount of time? || yes. ||
 * What caused you to go up for adoption? || My idiot birth parents cause they didn't take care of me & my sister they just got drunk and partied every single night. ||