National Adoption month is coming up. A few weeks ago we had an “open campus” information day and the few of us adoptive parents did an information booth. I wrote about this earlier and to sum it up we received a lot of questions about the adoption process. I think we all were a little surprised as to the shear amount of attention our little booth received. Pleasantly surprised.
Given this interest we are gearing up with a poster campaign at the University to make aware to the graduates and student body that they can and should enter into the information meeting held on the 26th. One of our group made the statement that the college kid today is much more like a college graduate ten or fifteen years ago. What better of a group of possible adoptive parents than college students? Educated, upwardly mobile, and willing to work. That’s all that’s required from any individual to begin the process of adoption.
With traditional marriages not holding the importance as they once did, I think these college kids are the new face of the adoption future. The vast majority of adoptions take place within one parent households currently and I think to think this will change anytime soon is incorrect. I think if we can get more interest in adoption from college graduates, the 700,000 available kids will have a better shot at finding a family that will be there for them. As we change the definition of what a family is, we must also change the definition of what an adoptive family looks like.
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