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How Much Do You Know About Adoption?

By Chris Woolston
CONSUMER HEALTH INTERACTIVE

Millions of Americans have considered adopting a child, and small wonder. For many people, adoption is the ideal way -- and possibly the only way -- to make a family grow. If you're thinking about adopting a child, either from the United States or abroad, you need to learn everything you can about the process. Why not take a short quiz to find out how much you already know?


1. You have to be married to adopt a child.

True
False

2. It's almost impossible to adopt an infant.

True
False

3. Adopting older children is a time-consuming, expensive process.

True
False

4. If you want to adopt an infant, you can usually save a lot of money by finding a birth parent on your own.

True
False

5. In the United States, many adoptive parents are already related to the child.

True
False

6. Which of the following automatically disqualifies a person from being able to adopt?

a. Age over 40
b. Disabilities or serious illnesses
c. Family income under $30,000 a year
d. Being single
e. None of the above

7. Most foreign countries have complex bureaucracies that make foreign adoptions next to impossible.

True
False



Last updated Jul 27, 2009


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