What if married mom and dad homes aren’t available? Isn’t it better to at least put a child somewhere?
No, it’s never better to put children just anywhere, just like we would never want our children to marry just anybody. The point is not just to find a home as quickly as possible, but to find the best home. Simply because some people are willing to adopt doesn’t mean they should. There are lots of restrictions on adoptive couples—job security, health screens, background checks, to name a few—and any of these could be seen as a roadblock for getting kids in homes quickly. But it’s not about “just getting them somewhere.” It’s about the “best interest of the child,” and some homes are better than others. When dealing with an often vulnerable population of children, family stability is vitally important. Unmarried, cohabitating relationships have proven themselves over and over to be less stable than married relationships.
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