Before Adoption
Have you ever considered adopting a child? For a few minutes I would like you to consider what it would be like to adopt an orphan child from Yugoslavia. Pretend for a moment that you are childless and are going there to an orphanage to adopt a child. Try and answer the following questions.
- What do you see when you get there?
In all likelihood you would find lonely children living in poverty. Children who know what it is like to go to bed hungry and frightened as well.
- How would you choose a child adopt? What type of child would you consider?
You would likely have some preconceived idea of what kind of child you were looking for. You might look for one that needed you most, or perhaps you would select one that you believed would be capable of loving you.
- After you selected a child what will you do while you visit with them?
You would probably try to get to know the child and convince he or she that they should go with you. You would tell them that they will be safe and loved and that with you they will have a better life.
- Will the child want to go with you? If so why? What will you tell them to convince them to go?
In all likelihood the will if they have come to believe you and are convinced they will have a better life if they go. You would tell them about what their new life would be like, what they can have and what they will be able to do.
- Once they have agreed, would you get to take them home right away?
Usually not, you would have to go back to the US and prepare for them. You would have to file adoption papers, work out arrangements for immigration, perhaps add onto your home, and register maybe even them in special schools.
- While you were gone, what will they be doing?
They would probably be excited and would certainly be telling others about you and their new home. They would also be preparing, learning English and about the US. They might also be writing you letters and calling you on the phone. However while you are gone there could be some jealousy among the other children. Some might even try an discourage your adopted child by telling them that you will never return or that you are really going to hurt them rather than love them.
- When you return to take them with you what will happen to the one who follows through and goes with you?
He or she would gain a better life. They would receive the things you promised them. Their life of poverty would end in a day. Ultimately they might also inherit your estate.
- But what happens if your adopted child becomes convinced that you did not mean what you said? What if he or she decides not to go with you?
He or she would continue in their poverty. They would stay behind as you left and their world would not change.
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@ @ nigga hush before I put yo ass up for adoption.
@ Aww :c And of course :3 *glances at the paper and smiles* I'm making notes on what to do before the adoption 
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