There are many reasons for adopting a child but could career be one of them??It is estimated that around 120,000 children are adopted by U.S. citizens each year. Approximately half of these children are adopted by individuals not related to them (called ?stranger adoptions?) and about half are adopted by relatives such as grandparents or stepparents. With more and more women are waiting to have children later in life, adoption could be a great option.
A new report from the Pew Research Center?s Social & Demographic Trends project compared characteristics of U.S. mothers who gave birth in 1990 and in 2008. Among the most striking findings: mothers of newborns in all race and ethnic groups are now older than their counterparts 20 years ago. The United States Census Bureau also found more women with a college degree are waiting to have children later in life. The bureau calls the trend a ?delayer boom.? ?Instead of having children in their early 20s, most women with a bachelor?s degree are choosing to wait.?Medical technology and fertility treatments have made it possible, to not only have babies, but to have healthy babies? later in life, said D?Vera Cohn, one of the report?s co-authors. ?The larger trend, I think, is that Americans are achieving the traditional milestones of adult life at later ages than they used to.?
Many women, who do focus on their career, may find that by the time they want to have children they could have a risky pregnancy because they are on the older side.
A female CEO, who chose to remain anonymous, told The Grindstone:
?People, not just women, in senior level roles, are living their lives at very high paces. They work more hours, lack sleep, travel a lot and struggle to keep a routine. You would find ways to manage this, but the added impact of pregnancy would change their lives. There are ways to slow down but for some women, and it?s not because they aren?t maternal, but I think is is that they don?t desire the whole pregnancy thing. I see it as slowing me down. It is not that they are choosing to put career first, but putting the focus first. Being pregnant at 40 is not the same as being pregnant at 25.?
Women are most fertile between the ages of 20 to 28 with their fertility decreasing in half by the time they reach 35 years of age. By age 45, only a 1% chance remains each month of conceiving naturally. But for some, it may not even be an age issue. It could just be the time that not only being pregnant but having a newborn and toddler require.
Catherine Waldron, a Sales Representative for QTalk Publishing, told The Grindstone:
?My husband and I were both mid-career in fast-moving fields where an extended parental leave seemed too risky. As we both reached our forties, we realized it would be easier to start a family by adopting school-age children. Our sons came home in 2005, ages 6 and 15, grades 1 and 10.
The first few years were exhilaratingly hectic, and after several job changes, I am now working from home as a sales/marketing executive for a startup educational publisher, and home-schooling our younger son. To support my career shift I have picked up web design, social media and marketing skills that make me more valuable in the job market, than if I had simply continued as a child-free corporate sales road warrior.
I would encourage anyone considering adoption to give serious consideration to the older children in foster care who are in need of permanent homes with loving parents. Regardless of the age of your adopted child, get ready and be willing to be changed by the experience of family-building.?
Source: http://thegrindstone.com/work-life-balance/adoption-worked-better-for-my-career-226/
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