Single Guys Adopting Kids?

[hoppy28]

This may sound crazy but...............can single people adopt kids? what about single guys?

 

its reality that some may never meet, marry, have kids with someone else.

 

i myself would love to have my own someday but wonder what it would be like to be a single guy with an adopted child. i feel i would be a wonderfull father. i know this. at 28 i feel like my clock is ticking. if i dont meet that woman i want to have children with i still want to be a "dad".

can single guys adopt kids? do you feel a child needs a mother figure in there lifes to properly go through the stages of growing up?

[ettie31]

I think single guys who have stable jobs, nice family can adopt kids... I don't see anything wrong with that.

[orangele]

I am a 48 year old father of an adopted 7 year old son. I adopted him when I was married. It is alot of work to have a young child, and you should be totally ready to basically devote your life to an adopted child.

 

He really is the focus of my life. During my divorce when I was quite depressed, It was the thought of leaving him without a father that prevented me from checking out.

[Yamaha]

There is definitely no problem with a single guy adopting a child. I think you are a little young yet to be thinking in terms of not marrying. You still have time to find your women. If you find that you still want to do this when your 35 then I would check it out.

[quankanne]

single people can adopt kids, provided that they meet whatever checklist the adoption agency has for adoptive parents.

 

does a child need a mother figure? Yes, because a mother -- just like a daddy -- provides a nurturing role model for the child see as he or she grows up. But that mother figure doesn't necessarily have to be a wife, as long as you've got a circle of female relatives and friends who agree to help mentor your child, the kid will be all right. This often is where a godparent can step in, to be back-up for the parent(s) and to be there for the kids.