When you are adopted you are their child and they will pay for you and care for you without any state interfering, just as if they birthed you.
A fosterchild is being paid for by state and it's their responsibility you have a good family. they are the ones deciding what will happen to you. At 18 you are on your own.
If your parents only agree that you will be a fosterchild, it means if they are suitable they can have you back. If adopted it is permanent.
There is no statistical information collected on the number of children becoming available for adoption in the US. The number would include those in private adoption, kinship placements, children moving from foster care to foster adoption, as well as readoptions resulting from disruption.
They aren't the same. Adoption is becoming the legal parent and foster care means the state is the childs guardian. The state makes all important decisions regarding the child and the foster parents have no rights, the state can just come in and move the child to another foster home for no reason. Adopted children are yours forever.
Adoption - 2002 Foster Care 1-21 was released on: USA: 21 December 2003
If you are up for adoption and is a teen the choice is yours. You will then remain in foster care.
Keeping the child or foster care.
Foster care and adoption is not the same thing. Yes, you get to meet your adoptive parents before they adopt you. That is not always the case with foster care since if a child is abused for instance the foster families are ready to receive you in the middle of the night sometimes, when it's needed. Foster care is not meant to be permanent like adoption.
that it was becoming westernized
Keeping Kids Healthy - 2002 Foster Adoption The View from Both Sides was released on: USA: 17 June 2007
In the US, foster parent and adoption assistance are administered by the States, so the rules and payment rates differ.
It really depends on how their foster or adoption parent treats them and what age they know about the adoption.
In South Carolina, the practice of foster parents adopting foster children began to gain traction in the late 20th century, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s. This shift was influenced by changing attitudes towards adoption and the recognition of the importance of maintaining familial bonds for children in foster care. The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 also played a significant role in promoting adoption from foster care. Over time, this led to an increase in foster parents choosing to adopt the children in their care.
As of recent estimates, there are approximately 140 million children worldwide who are orphaned or living without parental care, many of whom may be eligible for adoption or foster care. In the United States alone, around 400,000 children are in foster care at any given time. The numbers can vary significantly by region and are influenced by factors such as socioeconomic conditions and local laws regarding adoption and foster care.