Adopting Children

Adoption Option

• What is Adoption?
• Why Do Some Children Need or Want to Be Adopted?
• Why Does Someone Adopt?
• Who Adopts?
• What Are Adopted Children Like?
• How Many Children Are Adopted Every Year in the United States?

We all know there are different kinds of families in the world. Some families have a lot of children; some have only one or two. Some families have one parent; some have two. In some, a grandmother or grandfather lives in the same house, and in others there are no grandparents nearby.

The questions above are questions that different children might ask about certain kinds of families called "adoptive families." Children who are adopted might ask their parents these questions. Children who are friends, schoolmates, or neighbors of a child they hear is adopted might be thinking the same questions. So let's answer them.