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(0)In Make Adoption a Wonderful Choice, Laura Godwin, Director of Carolina Hope Adoption Agency, writes on September 11, 1997, "Recently, The Greenville News published an article and cited the number of U.S. children in foster care: more than half a million. Most children who enter foster care do so as a result of neglect, not abuse. And this neglect is often because a single mother cannot properly care for her child due to limited resources as well as alcohol and drug abuse."
The article is a good read and the pursuing discussion is gripping. Andrea, one commenter, says, "The problem is these days all to [sic] often women with very little resources are encouraged to give their babies to another family who have more resources materially. This is not in the babys best interests."
Do you agree?
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Wow - that is a loaded question.
I grew up with a single mother. In many regards it would have been better for us to either live with my father, or in foster care.
My mother often worked two jobs - when she wasn't out at the local pub. When we were younger she actually had us watched during the week by a nanny while she worked.
I was often home alone, left to fend for myself for dinner, showers, whatever.
But I am who I am today because of that experience. God has used that experience in my life. But I cannot say what would be best. There are some mothers who are well off - single or otherwise - that it would be better for them to not have a child. And there are mothers with nothing, and yet they are the best thing in that child's life.
There is no easy answer to that question, but the situation is one we should all pray about. Seek God on if He may be leading us to adopt a child who is in need of a good home, a home where the gospel can be shared. Perhaps it is not just a life that would be saved, but a soul as well.