Will you adopt a different race child?

I have been told it is important for the Child to be placed with thr same race! But I think a loving parent wants a child to love. Many will take Any color of the rainbow and some may take child with disabilities! I am no mother so it will be a stretch. If I wanted to ado[t a child, I wouldn't care about the hue as long as the child liked me.

Hi youless, my only kid has grown up as an independent adult. I'm quite free now. I will consider to adopt a different race child if I were to have a chance. I will adopt a healthy and normal orphan for it's not affordable for me to take care of kid who need extra medical care expenses. Even though I accept only race who would accept my religion. I do have friends who adopt different race children. I live in a multiracial country. And it's quite common to see parents together with their respective different races kids here and there. I'm so glad to see them living an intimate and harmonious family life Happy posting

Depends on the situation. I would prefer to adopt a child from my own nationality and state if possible. The reason being that I would want the child to blend in with our family and not stick out like a sore thumb. Having said that, if there arises a situation where I need to help a child, I will not think of the nationality then.

I am really not sure. Maybe it's easier to tell when you're in the actual situation. But, right now, I would say, race is a big consideration in adoption. At least for me. Of course, the kid came from a different culture, belief and environment. Who knows if it might only cause me terrible time than good? Not being negative here. Just given all considerations, I believe this is an important factor.

of course i would if i had the money to do so. my hubby's sister and brother in law (hubby's family is of German descent) adopted two little girls from China. the sister in law and her hubby have 4 kids of their own that they had biologically and then the two little Chinese girls. Lily is 10 and Jasmine is 5.

I honestly don't think that I will ever adopt a child. However, if my husband and I did ever decide to adopt, the race of the child would not be something that I would really be all that concerned about. One thing that I do know is that if I do adopt a child in the future and they are from a background that is different from my own, I would make sure to try to teach my child as much as I possibly could about their own heritage.

Personally if I had the money I think it really would not matter if they were a different color than me, etc. To be able to give a child a good loving home even if people wanted to stare and ask questions and make Fun it would not matter. My God Childrens parents are from Kenya so the kids are really dark skinned, and I have a lot of pictures of them and I together, so what is really the difference? You should Love your kids no matter who and what color they are. Especially when you take the time to adopt them.

My sister and brother-in-law are in the process of adopting a black child although they are white. And a girl I grew up with, her and her husband adopted a black baby and a baby from Vietnam. They are also white, although my friend is also part Native American.

I will not. For the simplest reason that I don't want him/her to grow up in a place where people would always know and point-out that he/she is different. I don't want him/her to go through her life asking why she needed to be different than others. If I love him/her I wouldn't give anyone the opportunity to show her or point-out that he/she isn't the same with everyone else. If ever I'd want to adopt. I'd make it a point that her/his only concern is asking why she was adopted when the time comes. I don't want anyone else to know about it or point it out to him/her. Have a great MyLot experience ahead!

If I was younger and wanted to adopt, I would be more concerned that the child needed a family than what race or ethnicity he or she was. Children are children no matter what their ancestry. They all need love and security to grow into healthy and strong adults.

Race will not be a factor at all if i need to adopt a child. As long as the child can get my attention in my first encounter with him/her, facial expression like a smile or cute feature is an added advantage. It will be better if he/she is an orphan and is in decent good health but these are not an absolute requirement for me.

I wouldn't care of the race of the child. I do plan on adopting when we are able to. And I know that I would not care of the race because all children deserve to have love no matter the race. And plus if you have a connection with that child, you would not say that oh I won't adopt them because they are not the same race as me. I wouldn't mind though, plus they would be raised in a home of different races because my husband and I are different races. So we'd probably too adopt one of his race or my race, but we wouldn't mind adopting a baby from another race as well. I honestly don't think that the child would care either if the people that adopted them were of a different race. Maybe if they were young when they adopted them, and as they grew up they would wonder why they look different then you. But either way, the child would be happy to have a family and not care about the differences in races. Of course they would have a lot of questions for you two to answer. But all children that are being up for adoption really care about is being loved and having parents.

Hello youless, I don't know why "race" had to be an issue when we all humans after all. if you want some one and you like the child's personality then do it. never consider choosing a perfect person, because even if you adopt some one who lives and same nationality if that child becomes bad in the end? me? i got no intention of adoptiing any body since am financiall incapable

If ever I would adopt a child, ofcourse I will choose the same nationality. Why would I choose foreign if I know my compatriots need me?

Race is not important to me at all. The point of adopting a child is not to get a child that necessarily looks like me, but to adopt a child who needs it. If I was so hung up on having a kid that looked at me, I'd have one of my own. Adoption for me, is about adoping children who need a home, regardless of race, age, gender, or any other factor.

Personally, I think race doesn't matter to most people on this issue. Differences in culture, language, & food make things more challenging than the color of one's skin, or facial features, and are what bother people more. Even within the same race, cultures & languages differ. Asians are not all Chinese, for example, or North American Caucasians unlike European ones, etc. Then there are the country's laws too, which may restrict adoptions to locals only, not foreigners. I would adopt anyone my country will let me, if I choose to do so.

I am in a wheelchair but if I was able I would adopt any child. I love having kids around and taking care of them. I raised three of my own and one grandchild, and helped babysit the others. It is nice to have a big family so any race is ok.

Well we have only one Creator. Even if we are of different races we still belong to one God so if a child really needs help I am willing to adopt anyone of any race. The race does not matter. What matters is how you will mold that child to become a good person God wants him to be. So my answer is Yes!

If I ever had the money to adopt a child I would not care what race the child is. A child is a child no matter what color their skin is. I would be so happy to get them out of the terrible situation they are in. Overseas or an Orphanage, neither are good situations for a child...I only wish I had that kind of money, I would adopt so many children to help them!

I think it depends upon the person who will adopt the child. If the person was raise by a racist family then most probably he or she would have a hard time accepting the idea of adopting a child with different race. But if the one who will adopt was raise by a loving family then any child from a different culture will do. Because I do believe when you're loving, it means unconditional. So for me I will embrace the idea of adopting a child from a different race.