We have the potential to help people of all ages, races and genders around the world. I think adoption is a wonderful way to help mothers who can't afford children at a certain time, such as teenage mothers who are still in school. Adoption gives people a second chance. A mother who gives her child up for adoption can give her tremendous opportunities to get her life in order before having another child. Furthermore, adopted children will be placed in a loving and caring family and will live a better life than they would have had with their birth parents, who could not provide them with everything they need. In most cases children will not be placed in an adoptive family if the court does not find that the family seeking to adopt is mentally, emotionally and financially stable. There are many different types of adoption. The most common are open adoption, closed adoption and semi-open adoption. Open adoption is when the child has the opportunity to develop an individual relationship with his or her birth parents. A closed adoption is one in which the adoptive parents and birth parents have not met and do not intend for the child to come into contact with the birth parents. Semi-open adoption is when a child is placed with an adoptive family and the adoptive parents will write letters or send photos of the child's development. The other types of adoption are: International, Adoption of a pending minor, Adoption of a minor and finally Adoption of an adult. International and domestic adoption are also types of adoption. They are both somewhat similar and somewhat different. Both involve the legal transfer of parental rights and responsibilities from the child's natural parent or another guardian. The ones... middle of the paper... get adopted into families who don't realize they're adopted until they get a little older. The reason is that the older the child, the more he will understand. Teens who are told they are adopted may take it the hard way and feel unwanted and unaccepted, and they may feel that they are not accepted by others. Even a teenager can experience a different feeling from his peers. People already know that there is no other time in life when people want to fit in, be part of a group like they do in their teenage years. Being adopted creates many feelings of being different. Often an adopted child may look different than their adoptive parents as they may be of a different race or culture, but in some cases they are. The feelings that arise around these differences must be addressed otherwise they can negatively affect the child's sense of self-worth and security within the adoptive family..