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LDS Blogger Tanya has been posted a helpful series on how to finance an adoption. It seems such a conundrum to me that people relinquish due to lack of financial resources, yet others without adequate monies will leave no stone unturned to adopt. I also marvel at the support for adopting sometimes, and yet the lack of support for parenting.
When you hear of someone considering relinquishment due to lack of finances, that seems to often be a reason that no one quibbles with but instead readily accepts. Tanya offers many great ideas to finance an adoption, but how often do you see suggestions about how to finance parenting? Honestly, have you heard of anyone suggesting to a poor pregnant young woman that she have a raffle or spaghetti supper to raise funds so she can afford to parent? Maybe they should!
Tanya offers some great suggestions in her series of posts. Some of her suggestions could work equally as well for poor mothers who want to parent. My friend Sandra (yes, blogger Sandra) suggested that perhaps some posts about ways for pregnant “wanna be” moms to join together and support each other. Great idea! A series about resources available for parenting, this post will be the prelude.
For starters, Tanya’s series has some excellent suggestions. I will condense some of her suggestions. She also mentions some great points about values and what is most important in life. Materialistic society that we are, maybe we need to reevaluate some of our priorities? Can we raise a child successfully without being able to afford $80 sneakers for them, or every video game known to man?
Any suggestions as to resources and creative ways to help young moms find ways to parent well are welcomed.
How many of us bloggers grew up with all the luxuries money could buy? Did it hurt us not being able to afford every trendy item that came into vogue? I am getting excited and ready to roll on this new series! Stay tuned.
I’m looking forward to this series, Jan.
My parents ‘fortunes’ came and went during my childhood, and my bio kids were certainly not part of the pricey shoe brigade. Funnily enough, we seemed to have grown up to be decent human beings.
As we both know, parenting is not about money, and a safe and secure environment does not necessarily require buckets of it.
Please forgive the neglected apostrophe …
should be parents’