Reasons for Giving a Child Up for Adoption

Giving a child up for adoption is probably the hardest thing a person will have to do. And regardless of what they want, the decision to put a baby up for adoption is usually done out of love for that child, and a deep desire he has a loving family and a promising future.

  1. Age

    • One of the most common reasons why babies are put up for adoption is because of the birth mother's age. In 2006, the Campaign To End Teen Pregnancy estimated one in three girls would get pregnant before their 20th birthday.

    Lack of Family Support

    • Many young moms who give up their baby for adoption do not have support from the baby's father or her own family to raise a child. When a young single mother raises a child alone, she increases her risk of living in poverty, incarceration and more pregnancies.

    Financial

    • Young moms are more likely to come from disadvantaged backgrounds than women who give birth later in life. Giving up a baby for adoption for this reason almost guarantees the child will grow up with more financial security.

    Mental Illness

    • Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, reports girls who get pregnant in their teens have more mental health problems than older moms. If a girl's family is not in the position to raise a baby, the child is often put up for adoption.

    Foreign Adoption Reasons

    • Some foreign nations such as China put more girls up for adoption than boys. Because a boy's role is to care for parents as they age and a girl's role is to care for her husband, in China, where there is a one-child limit per household, many families put girls up for adoption.

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