Monday, July 11, 2005
Adoption...
After reading about a 8-years old running away from a childcare home in Puchong this morning, I started my flashback when J and I were discussing about various of alternatives to our next generation. Back then, we were talking about in the case that we have problems bearing a child, should we consider adoption as an alternative? Or maybe we adopt the child of some relative who may give birth to too many children they can afford?J, as conservative as she may be, has initially objected to the idea. As for me, I am all for adoption! Is simple math, why are we continuing in producing more babies, when there are so many babies in this world still being left uncared for? (just kidding of course but none the less...)
Every child is a precious life regardless of the background of his/her parents. We should not condemn the life of an innocent baby because of what their parents did, could we? Since we cannot undo the birth of a baby, we should instead focus on how to take care of the innocent child with the best that we can. Let bygones be bygones. Children should never carry the burden of what their parents do, they should be allowed to live their own life instead!
I was also watching an Oprah episode on StarWorld yesterday where three single African woman in US were sharing their experiences in adopting babies. I am amazed about the system they have in US (I first came across this in the Friends sitcom but I thought it was only fiction). Do you know that their adoption system allow the adopting parent to adopt a baby even before the baby was born with the consent of the biological mother?
One of the guest on Oprah's show actually got disappointed twice when the biological parent(s) decides to keep their baby after delivery. All of them appeared to be leading a normal life with their kids without the help of any man. Two of them are actually considering for another adoption!
Back to the newspaper report, the said boy was sent to the foster home the day before by his grandmother. The boy's parents are mentally handicapped, hence the grandmother has been taking care of the boy since birth. Due to rising age and eye related illness, the poor granny decided it was in the best of the boy's interest to be placed in the foster home like his sister.
J and I sympathize the boy very much (as well as those orphans everywhere). However, we have no idea on ways to help the boy other than donating money to foster homes. I do not think donating money is an effective way to help them (I wonder any of the donations actually went to the benefit of the kid). However, we cannot afford to adopt another child into our family. We are truly at a lost...
None the less, I do encourage the public to consider adoption as a viable option for an offspring. I think these children have suffered enough from being deprived of parental care and love. The least we could do is show them there is still hope in our society for them, adoption is an alternative that works.
Everyone are welcome to share their experience in adoption if you have one...
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