why adoption is cooler...

Well, as far as i can tell, childbirth is rather painful. I've never seen a real birth, but everyone's seen the TV "reality" shows. The ones with women screaming until their face turns blue and covered in blood? well, with adoption, you don't have to do that! its completely pain free! mostly. I mean, okay, you have to do a lot of paper work, so I'm sure the hand cramps arent minimal, but really, it beats shoving a wriggling, screaming, bloody undeveloped human out of your lower orifice anyday.

I hate to bring up the subject of teen pregnancy, overpopulation, or drug addict mothers, but lets face it: there are alot of people out there who are not well equipped to take care of a child. Anyone can have a baby, but not everyone can adopt. If you want to adopt a child, the government does a full out investigation of you, your family, and your life. if they find any indication that you wouldnt be a good parent, then you arent allowed to adopt. Its very ironic, i think, that any crack addicted criminal can have a beautiful, innocent baby and treat it like shit, but parents who want to take care of kids that nobody wanted have to be wholesome and pure. its kinda sad, but its better for the kids. Way better.

It can take several months to find a kid, even years, really, especially if you're looking to adopt in your own country. Which is why i think international adoption is much better. My little brother was adopted from Kazakhstan, so my parents used an adoption agency to find him. But there's this couple i know from church who are trying to adopt right here in America, and are having a lot of trouble, because its twice as hard. They basically have to advertise themselves and hope a Mom will find them. Just watch Juno. And, with international adoption, you get to travel to a faraway country. or a not-so-faraway country, your choice. but still, Travel. its fun. and, orphaned kids here in america are treated way better than kids in other countries. you're giving this child a chance to live in the most prosperous country in the world. (well, thats debatable.)

Kids in orphanages, at least in kazakhstan, dont live very long once they turn eighteen. Once their officially adults, they basically get kicked out onto the streets, with nowhere to go. If you adopt a child, they will most likely grow up, get a job, and have a family. But the kids that dont will most likely die on the streets. When we went to get my brother at his 'baby house' in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the room where i first met him had this huge crib in the middle that had three or four babies in it. One of the kids was this little asian boy, with huge eyes and a serious, and seriously adorable, face. He was standing up with his hands on the side of the crib, peeking up at me from over the top. My brother was lucky enough to get adopted. He now lives with a loving family, gets enough food to eat, and goes to school. But everytime i think about my brother, i also think about that little boy. Did he get lucky? does he get enough to eat? and will he ever get adopted? its a hard think to imagine, an innocent boy dying on the streets because one boy in his orphanage got chosen over him. But if more people adopted, it wouldnt have to be that way.