The only acceptable home is ...

Myth: The only acceptable home for a child is one with a mother and father who are married to each other.

Fact: Children without homes do not have the option of choosing between a married mother and father or some other type of parent(s). These children have neither a mother nor a father, married or unmarried. There simply are not enough married mothers and fathers who are interested in adoption and foster care. For the past several years, approximately only 20% of the more than 130,000 foster children in need of adoption from the foster care system were adopted; including children adopted by single people as well as married couples. Our adoption and foster care policies must deal with reality or these children will never have stable and loving homes.