With more and more exchanges between countries, there are more "foreign options" in the handling of many things, such as the adoption of orphans, and many Americans have gone to China to adopt children. According to the statistics of relevant agencies, in the past 18 years, more than 80,000 orphans have been adopted by Americans, but most of them are girls, and there are almost no boys. This situation has made many people wonder, why do Americans specifically choose girls for adoption?
First, why did Americans go to China to adopt orphans? To a certain extent, this is the case in all countries, because of family reasons or some social reasons, resulting in children being abandoned after birth. The relevant institutions will carry out centralized adoption, and then wait for the "people with relatives" to come and adopt, and some people will wait until they become adults to go to society alone. Relatively speaking, adopted children are more fortunate, and those who are adopted by Americans are even more fortunate, because Westerners are relatively more open-minded and have no concept of some cultures such as "blood and inheritance", so they are more like themselves.
But adopting a child is not an easy task for Americans, there are many "formalities" in the United States, and it takes 5 years to go through the whole process. This invisibly increases the time cost of adoption, so many Americans choose to go to China and adopt a child. Although the economic cost is higher, it is more cost-effective than five years. Of course, there are some troubles, such as asset proof or something, may want to run back and forth, but the air transportation is convenient, and the cost of round-trip is not unacceptable.
So why specifically select girls for adoption? In fact, to a certain extent, most of the girls are abandoned in China, and the traditional "son preference" idea makes many families retain boys when choosing. There are more girls than boys in the welfare homes, and at the moment our country is in a situation where there are more women and fewer boys, so in the matter of adoption, it is shown that more girls are adopted. So is it good for these children to go to the United States to live?
To a certain extent, families who will travel far and wide to adopt children have a very optimistic economic income, so the material basis does not need to be worried. Children have a strong ability to accept unfamiliar environments, but it is more difficult for adults, because they have developed living habits, and sudden changes will be difficult to accept. Overall, being adopted is a good thing. But because of skin color issues, as well as racial discrimination in the United States, you may face some troubles when you grow up. But in the adult world, there is no easy way to say it anywhere, isn't it?
(Text/Xiaotie)