Waiting to be Adopted

More than 100,000 American kids are in foster care where the average stay is more than two years. Foster care children hope to be adopted one day, but as Mark Strassmann reports, some never will have their dream come true.

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[fragmatic1964]

Every one of those kids is adorable. I'm sure they have their issues like every child, but the energy projected by them in this video suggests a strong inner "goodness" in all of them. We should all pray that they receive the love and attention they deserve.

[Shareallicu3]

THe system is soo screwed up!

Kids should not be allowed to be in the system for more than a year! People want to adopt! They usually don't meet the financial requirements. Stop charging for kids and get them into a home: they should not be a commodity for the government(s) to profit off of!

[HitleriteNazi]

Thousands of black children come into America each year to be adopted? Why!? This is forced Genocide. You NEVER EVER hear that thousands of white kids are pouring into China or Africa to be adopted. Can somebody please tell me why white children.. Caucasian little boys and girls do not deserve to exist?

[HitleriteNazi]

2 out of 3 in foster care are black. Go figure! Black men not only don't raise their own kids they are out raping Caucasian wives. Call me Racist! I don't care! I'm not for this kind of behavior!

[mcmlxvi]

@chibicat13 I didn't know my channel was not visible, thanks for letting me know. I guess you are not that useless after all.

[chibicat13]

@mcmlxvi After looking at your comments it is clear that I am not the one that needs growing up. Common trolls are easy to come by. You seem to get offended if one word in a coversation does not go your way. I love it how your channel/profile is always 'unavailable'... it's almost as if you have something to hide.

[mcmlxvi]

@chibicat13 What part of "not here", you don't understand. You are so stupid is not even funny. To your disgrace and humiliation, I'm pro-choice and I STILL find you tasteless and out of line. Drop the subject you moron, Is not about whether you are pro-choice or pro-life, is about having that kind of debates within the right forum, and THIS is not the right forum, why is it so difficult for you to understand? Grow up, mature and look back, maybe you'll get it.

[trustewiefan87]

@mcmlxvi worry about YOURSELF & NOT me

[trustewiefan87]

@mcmlxvi i won't talking toYOU so mind YOUR business NOT mine...............

[chibicat13]

@mcmlxvi You say this as if I would actually care if I was aborted or not. I would not care because I 'can't' care, an embryo doesn't have a brain. Abortion is about ending a pregnancy, not killing living-breathing people.

Wishing death on me is just the response I expect from the typical pro-lifer anyway, it's almost humbling to know that I care about life issues more then you do, you seem more concerned for a group of cells. Read the Cider House Rules.

[mcmlxvi]

@detest4321 Is not because other countries are "poor", is because they have the common sense to make adoption much easier and faster than in the US. The process of adoption in the US is beyond ridiculous, even extremely wealthy celebrities like Madonna, Mia Farrow and Angelina Jolie, had no choice than to adopt overseas, because being single, they were not eligible to adopt inside the US. Even for married couples it is so difficult that 75% of them are rejected in the very first stages.

[mcmlxvi]

@detest4321 Is not because other countries are "poor", is because they have the common sense to make adoption much easier and faster than in the US. The process of adoption in the US is beyond ridiculous, even extremely wealthy celebrities like Madonna, Mia Farrow and Angelina Jolie, had no choice than to adopt overseas, because being single, they were not eligible to adopt inside the US. Even for married couples it is so difficult that 75% of them are rejected in the very first stages.