Question for the group. Has anyone here adopted a child before. If so. How was the process, cost, is there any support u get after.
Just curious because i see many liberals attacking adoption and feel its a good time to analyze and fix this process and it starts with being aware of how it currently fuctions.
We adopted a young child in 2019. It took three years to complete the adoption due to the child being in the care of Child Protective Services.
After 3 years, three thorough background checks (whole life story), financial checks, fingerprints and 4 questionnaires, house calls (them showing up at anytime they chose), scheduled Psycholgists and Doctor visits and forced medications for what they called ADHD that wasn't prevalent, and $1000 for court fees, we finally won. I use the term won because It felt like an uphill battle for three years to get the adoption finalized. They want to keep as many kids in their custody as possible.
When I say they want to keep the kids in their 'system' it is an understatement. To them it's all about the money. To us it was about love. Best thing we ever did. Our child is God fearing, healthy, intelligent and unmedicated and unvaxsinated. If i could I would take them all in. ❤️
Aww you have a good heart fren. Thank you for taking on thats up hill battle. Even just helping change 1 child's life is a huge win.
Yes I dont doubt that it's all about the money. Some of the things they do seem to make sense in short term but really just add red tape in the long run. I'm not sure how to balance it. Do u have any ideas how to improve or change things. What can we get rid of or improve
Get rid of Child Protective Services, back to church or village run orphanages is a start. "It takes a village to raise a child."
I agree this is a great start. I think stuff like this should be one of our main focuses. If we dont even protect the children and give them a safe loving home, then what are we doing as a planet.