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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You don’t. If you adopt a child in the system (orphaned, foster with no suitable family etc), it’s free (paid for by the government agency)  

If you adopt a child from another country and inport them, or you adopt directly from a women having a baby (who is giving the child up) or a surrogate, you pay the legal fees, expenses, travel, etc.

People tend not to want to adopt children who need homes because they want an infant, and think a foster child will have behaviour, medical or trauma problems. 

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