The Solgos Family: A Documentary of International Adoption

[alidaw4]

Peter, how many foster children have you adopted?

[peterdodds1]

Hundreds of thousands of American children grow up without a permanent home in the foster care system, suffer abuse and live in homes below the poverty line or live on the streets. If parents choosing foreign adoption have as their primary motive a desire to save children, they need not look abroad. A concern associated with the delivery of domestic child welfare services is that foster care children available for adoption in the United States are being bypassed in favor of foreign children.

[ESolgos1]

@peterdodds1 Hi Peter. Thanks for your comment. You are correct, there are thousands of adoptable children in the United States. We are also licensed foster parents. I would strongly urge any family who is interested in adoption to explore domestic adoption though the foster care system as well as international adoption. I believe all children are valuable and deserve a home, regardless of where they live.