How Many Infants Did The Average Adoptive Family Get To Adopt During The Baby Scoop Era?
…or even post BSE. How many (then or now) manage to adopt more than one or two infants domestically?
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How many? As many as they could afford.
ETA: Maureen, you were really fooled by those adoption workers. Almost ALL babies “scooped” during the BSE went into foster care first! And most likely the mothers were never told that this would happen. It was because agency workers, nuns, and social workers wanted to ensure the child was ‘adoptable’ and to “match” them with a family of “similar looks and temperament.”
My son was stolen from me at birth. I was told he was picked up from the hospital immediately by his now-former adopters. I only found out post-reunion that he was not legally adopted until a year later! Meanwhile, i was told that I would be disappointing two poor, deserving, “waiting parents” ‘who could not have a child of their own” who already had him in their arms if I was so selfish as not to sign ASAP after the birth.
Some children of the BSE were even in foster homes up until 6 months or later. One BSE-era adoptee I know, who was also abducted at birth, was labelled “unadoptable” and went through 5 foster homes until eventually adopted by a pedophile at age 3.
Until your adopted children actually talk to their natural mothers, they will never find out the truth. Don’t assume that they were “unwanted” just because they were in short-term foster care.
My son’s adopters got 2 babies within 2-1/2 years of each other. They wanted to adopt more but the agency closed shortly after they got the second baby.
Maureen ,
First off, my son wasn’t sitting in foster homes waiting to be adopted. Nor was he waiting at the adoption agency when the adopters walked in and contracted for a baby. A baby had to be found for them.
Secondly, I didn’t go the maternity home on my own, I was put there on the advice of a priest and the director of the adoption agency to my parents who were looking for help with their daughter.
Thirdly, my son was taken during birth, not because I was an alcoholic, took drugs, negligent, or abusive, but because I didn’t have MRS. in front of my name.
Last and more importantly, if there hadn’t been people contracting for healthy babies, the agency would have informed me of my rights as a mother so I could exercise them. I loved and wanted to keep my baby.
I have family members (in-law) who adopted 2 infants privately about 20 years ago. They only “got” two as well, but I wonder how much of that was not necessarily running out of resources (they are very well off), but moreso the desire for the “perfect” nuclear family that they sought. One boy, one girl, living in a wealthy neighbourhood, etc.
Sigh.
One of my good friend’s that I grew up with was one of 4 kids adopted into the A-family. All Caucasian baby’s taken from there mother’s shortly after birth, between 1960 and 1969. Because of the family upbringing, I am pretty sure they were taken from one of the Catholic Charities unwed mothers homes.
The son that was taken from me because of my age, embarrassment to the family and marital status ended up an only child.
Post BSE my parents got one domestically. But they never planned on her. So they had one of each, me international and her domestic.
I’m curious though, why “maureen” thinks the baby scoop era does not exist. That opinion seems uneducated.
Wow. I didn’t think there were still people around so heartless they would actually mock the baby scoop era, especially when there is no question this dark period of our history did exist and ruined so many lives and families.
My son lost to adoption was one of two adopted children followed by one that was born to them. He was the oldest and the first adopted.
Mine got two.
I think more connected ($$$) people could get more.
My APs got two. Me in ‘77 and my brother in ‘79. Keep in mind though that the Canadian BSE lasted until well into the 80’s.
My son’s adoption chose to only adopt once (1981) as they could and did go on to have their own child 20 months later.
My daaughters aparents adopted 2 a boy and my girl.
Mine got 2.
Mine got 2.
3 in the 1940’s
Mine got two. Me in ‘63 and then my adoptive sister in ‘67
“baby scoop”??? Oh you mean when there were so many baby’s given up for adoption that they were all sitting in short term foster homes until somebody adopted them. Like myself for instance. Nobody wanted my two black baby sons and they also did not want a baby who COULD have black blood. Therefore, my first two babies were 27 days apart. One black and one white. They were brought up like twins and are still “joined at the hip” at the ripe old age of 40.
Then the social worker asked me to take a beautiful Native Indian daughter, because nobody wanted her. She is now a successful Business women, happy, full of joy with children of her own.
All together I adopted five babies, at seven days old, which were all given up to the social department until such a time that somebody would love them.
My oldest son always reminds me that if I had not adopted him, he would not be the person he is today, very successful and happy. He would probably have stayed in foster care and lived a very stormy life.
So yes – I adopted in what you call the “scoop” era and if I had not, there would have been five beautiful babies who would have been shuffled around all their lives because they were not loved and cared for.
My family is the best thing that happened to us. I am so thankful and grateful for my children and grand children.