30 Aug How do adoptive parents interact with the adopted child?
If you are a birth parent and worried about how your child will be affected by his/her adoption, READ THESE STATISTICS…
- About 2% of the U.S. child population is adopted, either from foster care or through private domestic or international
adoption. - Nearly 3 out of 4 adopted children (ages 0 to 5) are either read to or sang to every day, compared with only half of non-adopted children who receive the same attention from their biological parents.
- Well over half of all adopted children eat dinner with their families at least 6 days a week.
- The vast majority of adopted children have parents who reported that their child feels positive about their adoption.
- 92% of adopted children ages five and older have “positive” or “mostly positive” feelings about their adoption, according to their parents. This is true regardless of the adoption type and the child’s age. Overall, 49% of adopted children were reported as having positive feelings, and 43% were reported as having mostly positive feelings about their adoption.
- According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services national survey of adoptive parents, the statistics show the adoptive children’s social and emotional well-being: 88% of adopted children 6 years old and beyond exhibits positive social behaviors, compared to 94% of all children in the U.S., and that 81% of the parent-child relationship was reported as “very warm and close.”
- 3 out of 4 adopted children have parents who have some prior experience with or connection to adoption. Adopted children typically have parents who say they chose to adopt either to provide a permanent home for a child, to expand their family, or because of infertility.
- Adopted children are less likely to live below the poverty level (12% compared to non-adopted children at 18%); and more likely to live in families with incomes more than four times the poverty level (37% compared to non-adopted children at 30%)
- Adopted children are more likely than all children to have continuous health insurance coverage (91% compared to 85%)
Since you pick the adoptive family, and you pick the level of open-ness, you can be confident that you are making the right choice for you and your baby. Contact us today to discuss your options.
Reference:
http://www.talkaboutadoption.org/statistics/