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Children can bring something to your life that has been missing. No, it is not a lack of sleep or headaches. It is unconditional love. But some couples are not able to have children or they elect to use child adoption as their way to have the family they have always wanted. They should be commended for helping out children who have not had the life they should have lived. The adoptive family can provide a stable home and environment that protects the child.

The adoptive family unit has garnered a huge amount of media attention in the past year. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's adoption of two children, each from different countries, has fueled a surge in popularity and awareness for the plight of orphaned and abandoned children. Madonna was another superstar looking to adopt a child in need of a family. Though this seems to be a trend in Hollywood, adoptions have been occurring for thousands of years.

There is no such thing as free adoptions, Virginia. Santa Clause did not leave that under the tree this year. If he did, then there would not be a single child left in this world who wouldn't be part of a family, filled with loving, caring parents. The child adoption process is very expensive and many couples cannot afford the court fees, agency fees and the fees for attorneys and travel. This is especially true of foreign adoptions, where one of the adoptive family members must travel to that country at least once.

State adoptions are fairly common for the average infertile couple because it usually allows them to be foster parents first. Some families regularly foster children whom they later fully embrace though foster care adoptions. This is a true blessing for those children who may have been abused or who have physical handicaps. It takes a special person to be a foster parent, and those children lucky enough to be placed with them are truly grateful. The foster parents looking to adopt their foster child believe they are the ones most grateful for the child or children who have come into their lives.

Child adoption is on the rise, but there are still so many children in the world today that desperately need a home to call their own. They live in poverty and desolation. They are abused and neglected. They are denied the basic necessities and human rights that we hold so dear, yet take for granted. Each adult who adopts a child rather than electing to have a biological child of their own, gives hope to another child who may never have had a chance otherwise.