Hidden Choices supports the “choice” for adoption for all the right reasons. Data and research shows that it is beneficial to both mother and child. A new study from the Family Research Council examines the implications of family, marriage, religion, community, and America’s social problems illustrated in the social science data.
Dr. Patrick Fagan, a FRC Fellow, provides the hard data showing that “adoption is an act of love that has profound implications for the lives and well-being of both children and parents who are supportive and focused.”
5 benefits for women who choose adoption.
They are more likely to:
- Finish school and obtain higher levels of education.
- Achieve greater financial stability with job success.
- Not receive public assistance
- Marry in the future; and
- Record a higher satisfaction with their decision to choose an adoption plan
Benefits For Children Who Are Adopted
- Have parents who remain married
- Are raised by parents with college degrees
- Score high on indicators of wellbeing such as school performance, friendships, volunteerism, optimism, self-esteem, social competency, feelings of support from others, lower levels of anxiety
- Exhibit less risky behaviors such as alcohol use, early sexual experiences, depression, police trouble, driving/riding while intoxicated & not wearing a seat belt
- Are just as well adjusted into their adoptive families and schools as children who are not
- Have a higher standard of health care, access to higher education and greater family stability than being raised in a teen mother situation.