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**itaspCatCriny** · 05-13-2012, 08:55 AM

I would love to adopt a child from a poverty stricken country or even from here in the west just to male sure one less muslim child is in the care of the government here.

I feel bad cuz im scared. I dont know how il cope. I already find it hard with one child and now that i have to work full time coping with taking care of a child on top, i feel i may not do justice. But one has to think that child will still be better off than starving?? But adopting is not so easy here. Not sure where you are but here im pretty sure you cant be a single mom or dad and would require your existing children to be of same age as the adopted child did not get lonely. If the government didnt think you could do justice to the child they will not let you adopt or bring one from another country. So good starting point would be to look into these matters and see where you stand.

Sister Hayya, I'm in the same boat as you. I've wanted to for such a long time but I know the chances of me doing so right now are next to nil. However... nothing stops you and I from reaching out to children and families in our communities. I don't know where you are but here in Canada major cities usually have some sort of immigrant services centre where you can sign up to be the host for a family or you can join ladies' circles and get to know the women (or men for brothers) - not always Muslim but my experience has been that there usually is at least 1 Muslim family who needs help if that is where you want to focus your assistance. Aside from that... there are so many children and since every child is a Muslim... there are organizations such as Big Sisters & Big Brothers that we could even go through. Though I understand that mixing is an issue in some of these situations, I am sure there will always be avenues through which single women can contribute without unnecessary mixing too.

As for couples... there is the option of legal adoption and there is also foster-parenting options in the West. Not only that, if we are fortunate enough to have extra space available to us there definitely are families that could use help that way too. etc. etc. solutions are abundant, almost as abundant as problems. Aside from adopting, there is so much we can do.

05-13-2012, 08:55 AM	#10
itaspCatCriny Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	I would love to adopt a child from a poverty stricken country or even from here in the west just to male sure one less muslim child is in the care of the government here. I feel bad cuz im scared. I dont know how il cope. I already find it hard with one child and now that i have to work full time coping with taking care of a child on top, i feel i may not do justice. But one has to think that child will still be better off than starving?? But adopting is not so easy here. Not sure where you are but here im pretty sure you cant be a single mom or dad and would require your existing children to be of same age as the adopted child did not get lonely. If the government didnt think you could do justice to the child they will not let you adopt or bring one from another country. So good starting point would be to look into these matters and see where you stand. Sister Hayya, I'm in the same boat as you. I've wanted to for such a long time but I know the chances of me doing so right now are next to nil. However... nothing stops you and I from reaching out to children and families in our communities. I don't know where you are but here in Canada major cities usually have some sort of immigrant services centre where you can sign up to be the host for a family or you can join ladies' circles and get to know the women (or men for brothers) - not always Muslim but my experience has been that there usually is at least 1 Muslim family who needs help if that is where you want to focus your assistance. Aside from that... there are so many children and since every child is a Muslim... there are organizations such as Big Sisters & Big Brothers that we could even go through. Though I understand that mixing is an issue in some of these situations, I am sure there will always be avenues through which single women can contribute without unnecessary mixing too. As for couples... there is the option of legal adoption and there is also foster-parenting options in the West. Not only that, if we are fortunate enough to have extra space available to us there definitely are families that could use help that way too. etc. etc. solutions are abundant, almost as abundant as problems. Aside from adopting, there is so much we can do.
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