What type of person chooses to adopt?

What type of person chooses to adopt?

Jennifer Perry (Executive Director, Children's Action Network) gives expert video advice on: Who can adopt a child?; What would make me ineligible to adopt a child?; Which is adopted more - boys or girls? and more...

There's no particular type of person who chooses to adopt. There are single people; there are married people; there are people with kids. Really, the type of person who chooses to adopt wants to bring a child into their home because they see a need in the world. Maybe they can't have children of their own so choose to adopt instead. Maybe they want to expand their family. Maybe they have a stepson or a stepdaughter or a relative that they want to take care of. The type of people who adopt really runs the gauntlet.