What is World Adoption Day?
Every year on November 9th, World Adoption Day encourages adoptees to share their stories. It's also a day for adoptive parents to connect with others and reflect on their adoption journey.
Adoption can be a wonderful way to become parents for couples experiencing the agony of infertility. However, there are several other groups of people who adopt children each year. They may be able to provide a home for a child in need. Or maybe a woman has a medical condition that makes it difficult to carry a baby. Some adopt because they are single but still want to have children.
On the other hand of the spectrum, there are several reasons why children are rejected for adoption. An unwed mother may feel she is too young to take responsibility for a child. A mother may find that they do not have enough funds to properly care for a child. Sadly, many children are in need of a home when one or both parents die.
While adoption is a wonderful process, it can also be sad to learn that the number of children in need of a home is in need of a home. According to the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), more than 150 million children around the world are in need of a home. This number includes the nearly half a million children who are in the US foster system.
How to celebrate #worldadoptionday
