The option was rarely discussed and if it was, a strong warning was given. Today there are more reasons to consider adoption than ever before. Nearly one-quarter of those children will still be in foster care six years from now. Adoption can become a private solution to a public problem. On a more personal level, adopting can heal an empty place in a person's life.
Children can bring hope, love, and fulfillment to a family.
These children are older, black, minorities, or have a medical, physical, or emotional handicap. They are the ones most in need of loving and accepting families. In the long run, adoptive children almost always become well-adjusted, responsible, and mature adults. They appreciate everything their adoptive parents have provided them with and love their adoptive family as much as they would love a biological family. Although adoptees may grow to wonder about their biological parents, they understand the reasons that contributed to their adoption.