Of the ~424,000 children in the foster care system, only around 117,000 are eligible for adoption. In completely unrelated news, and in no way should you correlate this fact to the former, but there are around 350,000 Christian churches in America. /sips tea
In all seriousness, adoption is hard. Adoption out of the foster care system is harder, still. I've adopted 3 of my 4 children, and two of them came from DCS foster care placements. Anyone looking to adopt or have an impact on the issue should really do some reading on becoming trauma informed, starting with (in my opinion) The Primal Wound, which discusses the effects of a child who experiences the loss of their biological mother.
zombietampons on June 28th, 2022 at 22:01 UTC »
There are literally billboards begging people to adopt children in foster care.
Ben_Wah_Balls on June 28th, 2022 at 22:24 UTC »
“But it needs to be a baby. You know, not a kid with emotional baggage”
kicklucky on June 28th, 2022 at 22:37 UTC »
Of the ~424,000 children in the foster care system, only around 117,000 are eligible for adoption. In completely unrelated news, and in no way should you correlate this fact to the former, but there are around 350,000 Christian churches in America. /sips tea
In all seriousness, adoption is hard. Adoption out of the foster care system is harder, still. I've adopted 3 of my 4 children, and two of them came from DCS foster care placements. Anyone looking to adopt or have an impact on the issue should really do some reading on becoming trauma informed, starting with (in my opinion) The Primal Wound, which discusses the effects of a child who experiences the loss of their biological mother.