The Impacts of AdoptionOn March 28, 1990, the anguished cries of a seven-year-old mother echoed through the halls of Ingham County Hospital. After nine long months, at 4:35 a.m., a baby girl with brown hair and brown eyes was born, weighing only seven pounds and eleven ounces. So begins my story, I am the child of a teenage mother. Since birth, I resided with my grandparents and on June 12, 1995, my grandparents legally adopted me. I believe that adoption is a wonderful opportunity for children of unwary parents to receive the support of an adoptive family, have better health insurance, and access higher educational opportunities. In addition, adoptive parents become capable of raising a child since the child is naturally incapable of doing so. Additionally, adoptive parents have the opportunity to expand their family. Currently, more than 100,000 children residing in foster care in the United States are available for adoption and each year, at the age of eighteen, 23,000 children are no longer able to continue foster care. in foster care (National Adoption Day, nd). Thus, only 77% of children placed in foster families have the opportunity to be raised by an adoptive family. Once the child is in the welfare system, adoption begins to affect the child psychologically, leading to emotional and social problems, including a lack of self. -esteem, feelings of loss, abandonment and loss of identity. As a result, the child suffers from behavioral problems such as anger, aggression, resentment and depression towards the biological mother and the adoptive family. In addition to the isolation from social activities they may face (Adoption Services, nd). Additionally, young children benefit from higher educational opportunities. Additionally, adoption provides the child with a comforted and protected state of mind since the adoptive family adds financial stability. In comparison, the adoptive family benefits from family expansion and the adoptive family gains a child to nurture and protect, when complications such as infertility, menopause or previous births reduce the chances of conceiving. Works CitedAmerican Adoptions, (nd), Benefits of Adoption. Retrieved from https://www.americanadoptions.com/adoption_benefits.htmAdoption Services, (nd), Emotional Issues and Adoption. Accessed https://www.adoptionservices.org/raising_your_child_family/adoption_emothion_issues.htmNational Adoption Day, (nd), Reality for Children in Foster Care. Retrieved from http://www.nationaladoptionday.org/media/public/images/NAD-Infographic-2013.jpg