Does it ever make you wonder why people sit on adoption waiting lists for seven years plus?
Hi Kit-E-Kat, Thank you for parenting through the foster care system. That is where my own parents adopted me, and that is where the need is the greatest. There might be a horror story going on, but in my opinion it is not that prospective parents have to wait that long, it is that there are children available that they are rejecting. If somebody is still waiting on a list to adopt after 7 years, then the problem must be with them because there are plenty of children out there who need homes. I would guess that if they have met the requirements, then they are being too picky about what child they will accept. They probably want a healthy, white, newborn baby. Last statistics I heard there were about 90 couples waiting for every one baby fitting that description. Whatever their reasons are, no babies come with any guarantees, not even biological ones. If they really want to parent, then I would suggest that they widen their range of children that they feel capable of loving. Thanks for
