Canada's Littlest Immigrants
Adopting Babies from China or Asia
The important concept that all social agencies
want to impart is that "Adoption should be about giving
homes to children, and not about giving families
children."
Adopting babies transnationally and transracially is
increasing becoming a popular concept, as celebrities
like Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Mia Farrow leading the
way.
In the hit movie "Juno", the teenage pregnant mother who
is the main character, told the rich suburban couple
planning to adopt her unborn child, "You should have
gone to China, 'coz I hear they're give away babies like
free iPods. You know, they pretty much just put them in
those T-shirt guns and shoot them out at sporting
events." This irresponsible remark is
causing quote a stir among adoptive families with baby
adoptions from China. It minimizes the babies as
simply accessories or souvenirs given away.
Those who have experienced the adoption process know
that the process is lengthy and difficult. The
average time waiting time to adopt a baby is two to
three years.
China is becoming a handy source of baby girls because
of its one-child policy and the tradition of favoring
male children over female.
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Adopting Babies from
India
India as a source country for baby adoption became
widely publicized ever since Madonna was reportedly
planning to adopt a baby in India last April, 2008.
According to UNICEF, India has at least 25,000 waiting
orphans. Most orphans are girls abandoned by
families who have traditionally prized males over
females. Abandoned baby girls face a future
of poverty or prostitutions.
India's adoption agency CARA (Central Adoption Resource
Agency)
www.adoptionindia.nic.in/
had made policy
changes in the hope of making it easier for foreign
families to adopt. By having a database of babies,
it hopes to shorten the waiting periods for adoptive
families. The majority of families
adopting babies from India are Indo-Canadian families.
India as a country, prefers to place orphaned Indian
babies with families of South Asian descent.
Non-Indian families usually face a longer waiting
period.
Sunrise Adoption Centre in North Vancouver, BC is an
adoption service agency who helps Canadian families work
through the complicated adoption process.
Read about a happy story of an adoptee, Christian Norris
who got reunited with his biological parents in China at
the age of 17 in the
Story of the Long Lost Son Returns
to China.
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