Moreover, adopted children possess mixed feelings in that they may learn on ways to love their
adoptive parents but find it challenging to cope with thoughts of being abandoned by their
biological parents. Therefore, in the above-mentioned case, they have a lot of thoughts that
disturb them such as question on why they are adopted, question on why they were abandoned
by the mothers who gave birth to them, if they were wrong, among other questions. If such
thoughts keep ringing in their mind, they might demand explanation from their adoptive parents.
Worryingly, if they find it hard to ask, they might decide to keep them in their mind that would
result in depression.
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Depression affects the adopted child memory (Wiley, & Baden, 2015). According to an
extensive literature conducted to examine diagnostic, behavioral, and demographic nature of
adopted child, several plausible explanations emerged that explain their high rate of behavior
problems. The adopted children feel different from their adoptive families; they struggle to cope
with thoughts of rejection, loss, embarrassment, and shame over their adoption. Importantly,
despite having these questions, they do not cause problems in the environment they are such as at
school or within their new families. In addition, these children fantasize about their parents’
physical appearance such as what they do or did for a living, and if they miss their children.
Events such as holidays, birthdays, and other important children’s events often draw their
memories of the past. Interestingly, these emotional challenges keep on coming and can lead to
withdrawal or depression. In other special cases, the thoughts can get severe and calls for
necessary intervention such as treatment and counseling (Wiley, & Baden, 2015). Therefore,
adoptive parent must show patience to the child and more often engage in communication with
the child. They should create a sense of belonging to these children and help them deal with
these psychological challenges.
Economic Perception of Adoption
Although adoption is not a child market or a market for parental rights, adoptive parents
have to pay the parent to whom the child that suits them belongs. The payments are made based
on a judgmental perspective of the social worker or the family (Wiley, & Baden, 2015). There are
several markets for adopting children. These markets are based on the traits of the child being
adopted. In most cases, the adopting agencies that either is private or public promises to give the
child to a family that matches his or her skin, race and most importantly those families with
common interests.
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Adoption is beneficial to all stakeholders economically including the society. According
to Wiley and Baden (2015), adoption reduces the fiscal burden to the birth mother or even the
foster home. It also improves the general outcome of society such as improving the quality of
education. Through adoption, behavior problems are reduced by ensuring that all children access
education and are under the hands of responsible parents (Wiley, & Baden, 2015). Moreover,
there are positive externalities such as fuel-efficient cars as well as educational programs that
benefit from adoption. In addition, the birth mother benefits economically as cost that would
