eli5: When you adopt a child, why do you have to pay so much money?

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This was a question I had back when I was in elementary school. I had asked my mom but she had no clue. In my little brain I thought it was wrong to buy children, but now I’m wondering if that’s not actually the case. What is that money being spent on?

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Because adoption agencies are money grubbing sleezebags. We finally adopted after going through several agencies. In the end, we didn’t end up using an agency at all. The agencies scam as much money from the hopeful adoptive parents, making all kinds of promises they ultimately can’t keep. Once you choose to leave the agency, your money is just gone. We lost over $20k to agencies for nothing. Ended up doing it on our own, without an agency for about $5k in legal and birth parent fees.

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