Explain the different types of adoption.

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Adoptions can be done privately where the biological mother chooses the people whom she wishes to parent her unborn child. It is common for adoptive parents to assume the health care costs for the birth mother's prenatal care and the birth of the child. Adoptions can also occur when parents adopt children whose biological parents have had their parental rights legally removed. Often referred to as foster adoption, the child in this situation is placed in a foster home and may be eventually adopted by that family once the biological parents have had their rights legally terminated. Kinship adoption is also a possibility whereby adoptive parents adopt children who are biologically related to them in some form (e.g., grandchild, niece, and nephew).
Private adoption is expensive as adoptive families often cover the cost of the biological mother's prenatal care and hospitalization for the birth of the child. In addition, adoptive parents must assume the expensive court and attorney costs that are necessary to finalize the adoption.
Public adoption is a much more cost-effective way to start a family. Some states and counties in the United States cover the legal costs of adoption and even subsidize the cost of caring for the child until age 18 years. In most cases, these public adoptions involve caring for "special needs" children. Many children who are put up for adoption by a county court have been removed from the home due to biological parents' inability to care for them. Many of these children have experienced extreme trauma due to stressors like violence, parental substance abuse, and poverty. Adoptive parents are required to take parenting courses to learn the best way to care for these special children.