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Originally Posted By Ryan
Hi- I am a single 24 year old male. I have been interested in
adoption for about a year now, and although Im not ready to
adopt right away, I am interested in finding out more about
the process for singles to adopt. I have my own home and
have been employed at a local buisness for over 4 years. I
also have experience with younger children around 3 and up,
mostly girls. I have two younger cousins whom I spent alot of
time with while they were growing up, and have babysit them,
as well as other children, many times. I have a few
questions....
1. Is it true that most adoption agencys wont allow a single
man to adopt a daughter ? I've heard from many people that
due to society these days, single men can only adopt boys,
and since most of my 'fathering' skills have been with girls,
I was hoping to have a daughter someday.
2. How do I go about finding a local 'single-friendly'
adoption agency ? Im in the western New York area.
3. How many children are available in the us for single
parents to adopt ? Dont the agencys normally give couples
the priority ?
4. Once you have adopted a child, are there meetings or other
requirements to fulfill ?
Thanks for any help or info you can give me. Im very eager to
become an adoptive parent, and someday I hope to hear the
gentle patter of little feet following close behind me. :)
Ryan
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I know that there is still bias where all single people are concerned (male or female). I have been trying to adopt for a little over a year and one of the things I've heard is "We have two parent families interested in this child so they will get preference". I have just recently decided to do foster care in my state (VA) in the hope that I will someday get a permanent placement. Since you are looking at older children, that should help. Check out the Expert Boards on this web site as well. There are some single men who post to the Special Needs Expert board and they might be able to give you some advice. Good luck!.....Cheryl
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Originally Posted By John
I have been through the process of a single male adoption in
New Jersey. At the time I was a single Foster Parent and took
only teen boys. I have been through the process when teen boys
that I was a foster parent for became adoptable. Given that
the boy had been in my house for some time my case was turned
over to a State Adoption Worker who processed everything. They
used my home records for the home study and the State paid
for everything including the lawyer.
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I'm not the only single male who's wanting to adopt a female child:)
I have looked into this and single males are allowed but have a hard time due to the worries of sexual abuse.
Witch is dome to me there are just as man sick freaks that are males and like boys so whats the diffrents I dont get it but thats me.
Anyways
If you wanna talk some time that would be great drop me aline:)
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