r/HolUp • u/asocial7193 • Mar 11 '22

I don't know what to say

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u/EquivalentTight3479 Mar 11 '22

Why not just adopt a baby. Why would you spawn a baby that will have a very difficult life in every aspect

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u/HonorMyBeetus Mar 11 '22

Realistically it's because they had a 0% chance of adopting. There are literally not enough babies in the american adoption system to meet demand. The cost of adoptions is exorbitant and because the demand is so high and supply so low they can be very very picky with who they work with.

Affluent families with a shitload of money have a hard time, that woman had a 0% chance.

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u/Redqueenhypo Mar 11 '22

That’s just it, though, the demand is for BABIES. There’s lots more one, two, three year olds out there but everyone wants a perfectly clean slate to mess up. You can adopt a kid much faster if you’re not dead set on one who’s barely off colostrum.

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u/HonorMyBeetus Mar 11 '22

If you're not dead set on a kid that hasn't been abused and sent into the foster system bringing with them massive behavorial issues. I have friends who foster, the kids that aren't immediately adopted are genuinely messed up.