Adoption Reviews

Hi When I was 8 some 31 years ago I was adopted by a couple unable to have children of their own. I was adopted along with my older bio brother. At that time for a couple to take on 2 boys so old was rare and indeed they used to attend meetings where they would share their experiences. In all that time, being adopted has ...  Read the complete review

The tragic case of Child P, yet again in the borough of Harringay, has highlighted what a minefield child protection is, the gorgeous blue-eyed blonde kid left to the mercy of its so called guardians, all three awaiting long prison sentences. The very idea the social workers didn't want to get this kid away from his guardians as quick as possible ...  Read the complete review

Little update - Thanks to those of you that have nominated this for a crown, you'r personal messages have been nice! Adoption, which way do you look at it? The mistake that is going to a better place? The mother who didn't realise motherhood was such a tough job and wants her old life back? The thought in the back of the mothers head ...  Read the complete review

Adoption is a strange process these days. Apart from the odd rich and famous couple 'rescuing' the worlds underprivaledged babies, and raising them in bizare opulance (talk about a culture shock!, adoption doesnt seem to be a fashionable option for the average man. Is it because IVF has promised many previously 'infertile' couples the answer to ...  Read the complete review

I have not heard of anyone in Britain offering their baby for adoption for decades. This must be because it is now acceptable for an ummarried girl to keep her baby. I have heard of British couples adopting babies from abroad because apparently there are very few babies for adoption here. Older children yes, but not babies. But what ...  Read the complete review

Last night I was reading the paper in which an editorial article had been written about a woman who found her birth mother at the age of 55. The article itself is not relevant in this instance, but the paper's introduction to the story is. In the opening paragraph the journalist refers to "the first time she met her real ...  Read the complete review

When I was 18 I became pregnant. I didn't feel ready to be a mum, didn't feel I could go through with an abortion, and having separated from the father a few weeks before, felt very alone and scared for the future. My Mum and Step Dad sat me down a few days later and told me how much they loved me. They said that they had been thinking of a way ...  Read the complete review

Where to begin --- hmmmm, I am not sure so I will just write what comes to mind and hopefully it will help. This is really the first time I think I have ever put some of these feelings down in print even though it happened some time ago now. Sorry in advance that this might be a big long!! First, my wife and I are both from big families ...  Read the complete review

I have decided to write this review, because I have a very different adoption story, a lot of other reviews seem to have implied that an advantage to adoption is to give a child a loving home who does not already have one. This is where my story is completely different, I was already born into a loving home, but then got taken into another loving ...  Read the complete review

This will not be a review giving details of how to go about adoption or any of the technical details. This is a personal story of adoption and how wonderful it can be. I was born to a mother who, for some reason which I haven't been told about, could not cope with a child at that time. I have no resentment towards her, in fact I am ...  Read the complete review

I'm 28 years old now. I was adopted when I was 8 months old. Here is a story about two of the most wonderful people in the world. My Parents. Imagine that you are a 14 year old girl who's pregnant. Scared to death of raising a child all by yourself. Imagine the day that you bring that child into the world. Every mother expects their ...  Read the complete review

Hi there well I will start of by telling all about why I addopeted a child and what I had to go through In the year 1996 after three years of marriage and no children I was finial told I could most probably not have children, so myself and my husband of then decided that adoption was the answer. We phoned up social services who put us on ...  Read the complete review

For the last week there has been huge media coverage about taking two children off their parents only to adopt them out and ban the parents from seeing them until they are 18 years old. Social Services is blamed for ''grabbing them off their parents'' and the parents are naturally bereft. This is a huge issue, one which it is ...  Read the complete review

Some might think I?m not qualified to write about adoption as I, personally, was brought up by both of my natural parents. However, my family is a bit of an odd one, to say the least? My younger sister and I have the same natrual mum and dad, as my parents got married seven months before my birth (for years I believed ...  Read the complete review

We had really struggled as a family. My daughter was seven when her dad walked out, her brother five with mental and physical disabilities. Then the man I was to marry came into our lives and things got better, we had a daughter but, when she was six years old, meningitis and septicaemia struck her down and there was no hope. We were all ...  Read the complete review

Why do we read in the media about women who have numerous IVF treatments, in some cases five or more treatments, and do not seem to even consider the question of adoption. Having been involved in the IVF process I understand how traumatic and emotional an experience it is. Each IVF treatment not only involves a substantial amount of money but ...  Read the complete review

when i think of adopted children i think of rubbish, tossed aside due to lack of want. they're leftovers in the fridge. i think the main reason these kids are not wanted is because usually the parent is acting in their own self-interest. perhaps the parent is confused or godforbid raped!! <u>REASONS PEOPLE PUT KIDS UP FOR ...  Read the complete review

What is adoption? ‘Adoption - act by which the legal relation of parent and child is created.’ Methods of adoption~ In most cases Adoption would take place in one of the following situations: 1. Joint adoption by natural parent and step-parent. 2. Adoption by relative of the child. ...  Read the complete review

Adoption is it right or wrong? Do we have a right to give up our children if we don’t want them? There are many questions on this topic which is really close to home for me. In this opinion I am going to tell you my experiences of adoption as a child and be warned this may not be a completely balanced argument. Who are we to say ...  Read the complete review

I am not usually keen on debates because I get easily carried away and loose track rapidly having so many things to say. I suppose it is a matter of putting your views in an order and elaborate slightly each one of them like an essay. I’m sure I’ll get there eventually. What I find hard however is to use proper words to express ...  Read the complete review