Adoption of Chinese children by American citizens

br March 10 , 2007

Adoption

Research The Adoption of Chinese Children by American Citizens Why do American citizens adopt Chinese children (2007 , Chinese adoptions .org ) Baby boys are more valued in Chinese society than baby girls because baby boys carry on the ancestral name , inheritance laws pass property on to sons who are responsible for taking care of aged parents . Because of this , many couples will abandon a baby girl Hundreds of thousands of baby girls are abandoned in China every year and are in need of a good home

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babies are abandoned in public places . They are left on the busy streets , railway stations and in front of public buildings , so they will be found quickly . The babies are abandoned as infants , usually when they are only a few days old

In addition to baby girls , handicapped and sick babies , both boys and girls , are also abandoned because most parents in China don 't have the money to provide for their special needs . Once found , the abandoned babies are given a medical exam and then taken to the orphanages (2004 , Fever of adopting Chinese children in the United States People 's Daily ) As statistics indicate , there are more than 1 .6 million foreign children under the age of 18 , adopted by Americans at present In 2002 , alone , more than 21 ,000 children were adopted , of which , six thousand were Chinese , ranking first . It is estimated in Washington D .C that one thousand families have adopted Chinese children

People are eager to become parents have to turn abroad because adopting an American child is extremely complicated in procedure , and it is not easy to find a healthy American baby in a society that is more and more lenient to single parent families . In the past , Americans tended to adopt children from Central and South America , but today more people are turning to the oriental countries such as China for the adoption of children

In Washington D .C , families adopting Chinese children founded a society named Families with Chinese Children in the Capital According to Mr . Switman (2004 , Switman ) the chairman of the society , an important reason for the Chinese Craze in America is that the adopting system is very standardized in China . It 's perhaps the best of all countries

The Chinese civil administration department cooperates closely with American agencies for the adoption . Mr . Switman , himself , took home a nine-month old little girl from China

To adopt a Chinese child , one needs to pay more than ten thousand United States dollars . A family that intends on adopting a child from China usually contacts the local agency , first . Upon the completion of the background investigation for the adoption , where they check to see if the adopter has a crime record and then they search to find out if the adopter has the financial means to raise the child , properly . The agency will then contact the Chinese departments to find them a child The adoptive family must wait one year and...