Adoption conversation questions

Adoption

 * Why do people adopt children?
 * Do you personally know anybody who has adopted a child?
 * Do you personally know anybody who was adopted?
 * Is adoption common in your country?
 * Why do people adopt from third world countries?
 * Would you prefer to adopt a boy or a girl? Why?
 * Which affects adopted children most: their genetics or the homes in which they grow up?

Who adopts

 * Many celebrities have adopted children internationally. What do you think of this?
 * What do you think about single parents adopting children?
 * What do you think about homosexual couples adopting children?
 * What do you think about people who already have biological children adopting children?
 * Should adoptions only take place if the parents and the children have the same race? Why?
 * Should adoptions adoptions only take place if the new parents have the same religion as the biological parents?
 * What do you think about elderly people adopting children?
 * If you want to legally adopt a child you have to go through a considerable bureaucracy in order to prove that you will be able to provide a good home for the child. However, if two people produce a child biologically there are no such checks.  Should people who produce children naturally have to go through the series of checks as those who adopt?  Why not?

Rights

 * What do you think about twins or family members being separated at adoption?
 * Should children have a right to know they have been adopted? At what age should they be told?
 * If children's biological parents are still alive, should the children have an automatic right to contact them?
 * Should the biological parents have any contact with the adopted child?
 * If you had been adopted do you think you would want to discover your biological parents? Why?