The Sanbergs have three children, two sisters they adopted and one birth child. The process of adoption, these parents report, can be very discouraging at times.
International adoptions are costly.
Sometimes there are racial and geographic barriers to overcome such as when the Martindales wanted to adopt Brennan. The Birmingham, Alabama, adoption agency had never placed an African-American baby in a Caucasian home before. The results, however, have been very satisfying the Sandbergs and Martindales agree. Some people think it is emotionally and physically exhausting to parent a child with special needs, for example. However, Martindale says, there is a lot of support for adoptive parents.