Can you sense the sound of surprise in the title of this post? I can't tell you how many people have asked us this after hearing that we are adopting a *boy* from *China*. We have two awesome boys at home and are overjoyed to be welcoming another! We fell in love with our youngest son as soon as we saw him and that was that! However, people seem genuinely surprised to hear that we are adopting a boy and you can almost see the wheels turning in their head as soon as they hear "boy" and "China" in the same sentence.
One of the founders of Love Without Boundaries, Amy Eldridge, has been writing a wonderful series to help people understand the changing face of China's orphans, including why there are many boys available for adoption. There is still an (outdated) impression that all children adopted from China are girls. In fact, the shared list of children available for adoption from China is 2/3 boys! There are many more boys available for adoption than girls, and many fewer families wanting to adopt a boy. (This is generally true in international adoption, not just in China.) As the mother of two very sweet boys, I find it extremely sad that a child could miss out on growing up in a loving family just. because. of. his. gender. Having been involved in the Chinese adoption world for (I think) about 20 years, Amy Eldridge explains all of this much better than I ever could. Read more here about adopting a boy. You can also read about why international adoption is important.
Oh, and just in case you're wondering...and I know many of you are, **cough, cough** mom *cough, cough**, we might maybe one day consider going back to China to adopt a girl. I'm just basing this on a conversation with Mr. Incredible, but that's a whole other post.
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