Does anyone oppose foster care adoptions?
While everyone says yes, there are two things that need to be considered: 1) ASK THE CHILD. Although in the minority, some foster children do not want to be adopted. That does not mean they don’t want guidance and love, it means that they still feel a strong connection to their biological family and have chosen not to lose that. Right or wrong is not for us to decide. The child has the right to decide this. Now, of course this is not practical for young children, but older children should be allowed the choice. Therefore, if adoption is forced, I am against it. 2) Siblings….. This is very difficult, because the facts are (a) certain aged children are more desirable, (b) some children are more desirable because they lack “problems” and (c) long-term foster care for siblings is usually not available because most people don’t want large sibling groups, so they will be split up anyway. Siblings rarely stay together when TPR has occurred and kids are lingering in the system….One kid “ac
