The number of Ethiopian children being adopted by American and European parents is growing rapidly. Some say it is a good thing as the children are getting a better life abroad with better education, health care and so forth.
After a few incidents of abuse to Ethiopian children by their adoptive parents,
some say the Ethiopian government is at fault for not checking the backgrounds of the adoptive parents. They say the Ethiopian adoption agency is corrupt and its sending as many children as possible abroad for profit. The critics say the Ethiopian govt is not taking the necessary steps to prevent abuse and even neglect. How do you feel about Ethiopian children being raised by foreigners? Does it have negative/positive outcome? On one hand the kid is being taken away from a poor country on the other he/she is loosing his identity and culture. Most parents change their adoptive child's name to help them better adjust. Critics say changing the child's name robs the child of his identity. Some critics have gone as far as saying Ethiopia is exporting children and earning foreign exchange. What do you think?


Please share your opinions. Thank you

don't even get me started on this subject. but I have to say, I for one, being a proud African/Ethiopian, find it despicable. in this day and age it is beyond disgusting to see these kids go and be a pet to overachieving Europeans/Americans, so they can feel good about yet helping about another unfortunate minority. in North America, adopting African kids is the coolest thing to do. something you can talk about at Starbucks while sipping grand late.

It's complicated.

Pros:
- True orphans have a new home, hopefully with loving parents

Cons:

- A lot of non-orphans are being shipped out. I've personally seen a woman attempting to convince my grandma's maid to hand over her child so that he is sent to Australia.
- Gov makes a lot of money, which may be a good thing to some, but this smacks of selling children.
- The kids are adopted by non-Ethiopians. They will grow up not connected to their homeland, their culture, etc. Even worse, they will grow up looking completely different from everyone around them (since they are adopted by white families) which can cause major issues.

We can't escape the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of kids in need of homes in Ethiopia. We have failed as a nation to care for the most vulnerable and it is grossly unfair to deny them the opportunity of a future and of love because we don't like the "export" aspect of it. The only solution is to develop the country ASAP so that we can care for our own.