Taking care of another woman's baby...
POSTED AT 12:57 PM in My Life and what's left of it...

I don't mean being a nanny or a babysitter to kids, I mean taking care till the child allows you too, something akin to permanent, something stronger than just being a child's governess, something important like ... becoming a mother to him/ her. Yup, I'm talking about adoption.

Some define adoption as the act of accepting with approval -- like receiving something or someone with favor; others define it as a legal process creating a parent-child relationship among people unrelated by blood, thus bestowing the adopted child all the rights and the privileges of an adoptive parents' biological child.

In the Philippines, adoption is made legal for children whose biological parents cannot provide for their survival so as they can establish a new and permanent family ties with their adoptive parents. These children are under the protection of the State and therefore are subject to a sufficient adoption-study so that the government will be sure that the process will not endanger the child's growth and development. The government agency assigned to do this critical process is the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Those who are contemplating adoption needs to know that there are three types of adoption in the Philippines. One is Agency Adoption wherein licensed adoption agencies search for and develops adoptive parents for children who are committed to the process. The process is primarily from application to finalization of adoption papers under the guidance of DSWD. This type of adoption equally and legally protects the rights of all concern (adopted chil, adoptive parents and the bilogical parents). Another type is Family or Relative Adoption wherein biological parents relinquish their biological rights to a relative or a member of the extended family. This type of adoption are one of those we see on televisions, which can really be dramatic, problematic and nasty because of the absence of legal papers and documents. Another type is Private or Independent Adoption which involves an intermediary in place of authorized agencies. The intermediary is the one who'll find the adoptive parents for the child in question. This type could sometimes be tricky as well because of the illegalities involved. For more information, one can read online resources from Local Adoption FAQ.

Whatever type of adoption one will go through however, the effects are somewhat the same. Legal ties between biological parents and the adopted child will be severed and that the adopted child will be deem legitimate by the adoptive parents.

Now, I'm not really sure why I'm talking about these things... Maybe the prospect of seeing Cherry again tomorrow made me thought of it, or maybe because I wrote questions yesterday and that the answers may be related to this topic, or I don't know, I may want to do this in the future. I'm not still sure however if I'll be the adoptive parent or the biological parent giving away her child...

Listening to: Perfect by Simple Plan
Feeling: melancholy

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