Below are the nine reasons why people adopt a child
- Infertility:
Infertility is one of the most common reasons for the couples to pursue
adoption. The couples are unable to bear natural children. They choose to
become parents through adoption.
- Love
for children: This is not a common scenario in today’s world. But,
there are a few cases where the love for children is the motive for people
to adopt a child. There are a few who opt for children with special
needs too.
- Social
cause: With the increase in the number of homeless children, couples
pursue adoption to building their families. These can be childless couples
or couple who already have their biological children, yet expand their
family by adopting a child.
- Population
control: The overflowing population being the matter of concern today,
couples contribute to the society by choosing to adopt.
- Medical
complications: Couples with high-risk genetic problems or any complicated
health issue go for adoption.
- Avoid
labour: Childbirth entails a lot of complications throughout the process.
If the trimesters for some are the toughest times, it is the labour pain
and the complication during childbirth for some others. To avoid the
complications, women today opt to adopt a child.
- Career
oriented people: In the fast pacing world, stuck in the rat race, the
never-ending competitions and the ever-evolving changes around, people
today are left with no time. Career, health, and wealth being the three
motives of life, people adopt a child to build their families.
- Self-contentment:
Every stage of life brings in a contentment fulfilling the
responsibilities each phase entails. Passing by each phase, gliding
through the transition every individual grows and matures. And parenthood
is one such wonderful experience what gives a meaning and purpose to life.
People adopt a child to experience a completeness in life.
- Experience
parenthood: Life at every phase is encountered with challenges. A lot of
motivation and hard work goes into the equation. And in the process,
people tend to miss out on the little happiness of life. Parenthood with
all its challenges comes in with all kinds of mixed feelings, giving one a
complete feeling. It has the ability to fill in the emotional voids of
life. By raising a child, be it adopted or a biological child, life offers
many memorable moments.
Every child born deserves a right to live its life. The reason could be
any but the only motive behind adoption is to gift the child a better life. Not
everybody can take the bold decision of a lifetime commitment to a child. Only
a few kind hearts have the courage for this divine act. Reading the process and procedure and pros and cons of
adoption can help you decide.