Having a kid is a lot of responsibility, but something that is even harder is having a kid that has been through the system of foster care. Foster care is a system that places a kid (up to 18 years old) in a group home or a private home. In a private home is a state-certified caregiver also known as a “foster parent”. The placement of the child is normally due to the parents losing custody of the child for many different reasons, however, this is not always the case. Sometimes it is because the child's parents or guardian passed away, and the child has no other relatives to go to.
In Iowa you have to go through a process to adopt a child. Including face-to-face interviews with a social worker and eventually the child or teen, home visits, and a background check including checking fingerprints, records, criminal records, amd child abuse records. You don’t have to be married and you don’t have to live in a house, you can live in a trailer or an apartment. You have to be at least 21 years old, but there is no maximum age as long as you can prove you are mentally and physically stable. You don’t need parenting experience either, there is training that can be provided. If the child is 14-18 they have to agree to the adoption, the biological parent(s) must give consent in the presence of the court or a social worker.
After the adoption the biological parent(s) have 30 days to change their minds unless it was an emergency adoption where the child is taken from their home because they were in a dangerous setting. So you have to go through a lot to become a foster parent. Not everyone is fit for the job. There are different laws set in place so the child is in a safe home. Including you have to be at least 21, if you are a couple adopting one of you is the parent of the child who is being adopted, and there is no maximum age limit, as long as you can prove you are mentally and physically stable.
In my opinion I don’t think that anyone should be able to adopt a kid, you have to be stable mentally, physically, and financially. If anyone could adopt I think that the kid could be in danger. I think that the laws are good, and that if you can prove you are stable enough to take care of a child then you should be able to adopt.
Do you think that anyone should be able to adopt?
Do you think there should be an age maxuim? why? Why not?
If you do, what should it be?
Do you think that you should have to be 21? Why? Why not?
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I agree I feel like there is some people that adopt for some reasons
I dont think anyone under the age of 18 should be able to adopt because they are not considered an adult yet and maybe not mature enough but it depends because there are lots of kids mature for their age too. Age maximum would be as it is, 18, because thats when you get lots of responibilites and become considered an adult. I dont really see a different other than it being 3 years older.
I think everyone should be able to adopt a child, but I think they should first be tested to see if they have any mental/psychological problems or anything else that could put the child at risk. I think that to adopt a child we should already be adults to be able to support ourselves and also the child.
I don't think anyone should be able to adopt becuase adoption is meant to give the child a better life. To ensure this happens the adoptive parents should be over 21 years old, truly want a kid, and have the necessary financial, physical, and metal capabilities.
I agree I think that would make them a better parent for the kid
I think that if you are wanting to adopt then you should have to go through training to make sure you are able to be a good foster parent for the child. I don't think there should be an age maximum as long as the person wanting to adopt is in a good physical and mental state.
I agree I feel that it would make them a better parent that way.
As much as I would like for everyone to be able to adopt, it doesn't mean everyone should adopt. We want children in the foster care system to go to better homes, not homes that push them further down the wrong track. I think as long as the caregiver is mentally and physically stable, I don't see the need for an age maximum.
I agree as long as they are stable they should be able to adopt.
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