Post by helena12345

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I wanted to talk about something I learned recently.
I have a baby, she’s biologically mine. But in my life I liked to adopt one or more children. It really doesn’t matter to me wether my child is biologically mine or not.
So I started to look up everything about adoption here in Belgium.
To start: It costs averagely €10000! Yeah… My mouth fell open… Not including the stays in the origin country where the child is originally from. Because most origin countries have as a rule that the adoption parents stay for a few months in their country to get to know the culture. I understand the idea, but who can afford that?
It takes averagely 10 years to receive your child… 10 YEARS????
My conclusion: I probably won’t adopt a child in my life. Never say never, but it’s practically impossible. It should be made more efficient, because I’m sure there are enough children who need a safe home. I hope it gets more normal… because this is just sad… 👧🏼👦🏻

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unejanie is it possible to adopt a child from belgium? 5 likesReply

helena12345 It is, but there are 120 new kandidates for adoption every year and 20 Belgian children who need to be adopted every year.
+ there is not one adoption agency in Belgium, so if you want go adopt your child you need to do everything yourself, which makes it even harder. 2 likesReply

zarreen Salutes and respect your views. Totally 💯 agree. My son and DIL also don't want to bring another human here. I fully support them as well. Adopt if you can They have rescued/adopted 3 cats. Hands and home is full for now2 likesReply

talesvegan The @valedarainha sanctuary needs our help: https://www.abillion.com/posts/67c61637bbef30c633bfdaf7?utm_source=app&utm_medium=post-sharingReply

vegan4thecritters Humans can’t seem to grasp the concept of finding balance. In this case, finding the balance between making sure every possible safeguard is in place to protect the children from harm (sadly there are some people with less than good intentions out there, which I can’t begin to comprehend) and getting children into loving homes where they can grow up learning kindness and compassion for others. Kids deserve every opportunity to be loved and to thrive.1 likeReply