Taiwan Adoption Statistics and Adoptive Parent Preferences
“The Child Welfare League Foundation reported to have received an average of 1.6 inquiry phone calls about giving children up for adoption per day in 2010, and further investigation indicated that one out of every two adoption cases resulted from premarital pregnancy, the foundation announced in Taipei, yesterday.”
Low Number of Abandonments: “Seven out of the 12 major cases of infant abandonment in Taiwan in 2011 were consequences of premarital sex, with six resulting in the infant dying. “ Only 12 cases.
Reasons for placement:
- “financial concerns remain the most crucial reason”
- “premarital sex closely follows.”
Preferences: “The CWLF is currently facing numerous problems finding adoptive families for children, as society now has ceased emphasizing the tradition of perceiving kids as necessary in a family. The number of families signing up to adopt children has decreased, and many potential parents pose specific preferences for what kind of baby they want to adopt.”
Oh, the audacity of the local adopters! They have a preference! Surely it must be for boys, right?
“Babies’ gender matters. Contrary to traditional values, girls have become the more favorable option among parents seeking to adopt, as much as 59.5 percent preferred over boys.”
Don’t tell that to the international adoption industry that GIRLS are PREFERRED! Oh the humanity, but there are so many US PAPs waiting for girls! But wait, their preferences get more specific than that!” Age serves as another factor. While over 70 percent (71.1) of parents reject babies over 3 years of age, almost 30 percent (29.7) only want babies that are older than 1-year-old. Past records indicated that the success rate of parents accepting children above 3 years old is only about 30 percent.”
They want infants too! How can that be?What about the direct competition with the US PAP!
And “Special-needs infants generally suffer waiting periods that are almost double the length of other infants, if they were adopted at all, Wang said. While healthy infants wait an average of 109 days to be adopted, babies with special needs wait an average of 195 days (a range of 127 to 235 days), Wang pointed out. Parents often back away from sick infants because taking care of them requires more time and effort, the executive said. Wang said babies with darker skin tone are avoided because it could be easily recognized that they were not blood-related to the parents, and that infants whose birth parents did drugs are avoided because potential parents believe that the infants will develop health issues.”
They want HEALTHY INFANT GIRLS! 
Children in Need of Placement Statistics:” Currently there are 43 children under CWLF’s care, 26 boys and 17 girls, and the foundation would appreciate help to support the children until suitable parents are paired up with them.”
Wow! By our calculations 
, at least 8 to 10 US agencies should be signing on to fight for those 43 kids. If Honduras can handle that many agencies for so few kids, why not Taiwan?
, at least 8 to 10 US agencies should be signing on to fight for those 43 kids. If Honduras can handle that many agencies for so few kids, why not Taiwan?Foundation outlines varied challenges facing children up for adoption
[China Post 10/18/11 by Grace Soong]
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