Truck driver and adoption?

If s/he can pass all the normal background checks, etc., I don’t see why not.

sure if that truck driver matches all the criteria put forward by the adoption scheme .
if not could lean towards what other single truckers do and even some that are married its called kidnap tho that may lead to jail time.

ya im not going to kidnap that would not be good and y would someone ven think to say that ??? I just want a kid and im sure i can pass the background check

i am sure you have to be married or with someone in a long term relationship
cause you need to suppoprt the kid/s and yet be able to provide saftey. i dont think they like giving single folks kiddies

well as far as supporting then money ways thats easy idk when the last time you looked at how much a driver makes but ya its good and plus im a car hauler that makes even more i get 25% of the load before anything so ya money is fine and as far as married y wuld i have to be there lots of single parents out there that are very good at raising there kids so that souldnt be a problem and i can provied safty thats not a problem either

yes but you are working allot with bein a truckers tho and that kindof doesnt go in your favour i wouldnt think cause when you are trucking who is looking after the kids?
yes single folk are parents but they aint askin adoption people for a kid i dont make the rules .think of it from there point of view you wont be there to see this kid you wanted too bad and sooo much

Are you a long-haul trucker, or are you home every night?

well as far as being there for the child drivers can only driver for 11 hours of the day and being a car hauler i have to stop and wait all the time for the car like if i get there at 9pm than most people wont give me the car or even if it gets dark they wont give me the car so i have i have to wait till the morning to get the car so ya i allways got time

and im a long haul driver i go all 48 states

but you are single i think they frown at is a single guy adopting a child .you must want one for the right reasons .
hang on i just thought
why would you ask fluther or even anything else other than the people that it matters .ie the adoption people in your area ?!

Then I would guess that will not be considered a stable environment for a child. What would you do when s/he started school, etc? I think you’re going to have to have someone living in a permanent location to care for the child.

yes you need a partner thats what i have said all along the dont tend to give single people adopted kids

its not the same as a couple having a child then breaking up

well sandy i plan on asking the locals but i wantd to ask here incase there is an adoption on here somewhere and im just trying to figure out y they wouldnt allow a single person adopt and augustlan as far as school i could home school the child h/she

well frankly that sux if you have to be married or with someone to adopt im going to have to ask them because that wouldnt be right im sorry single parents make it all the time and do well well some of them but i no i can do well being a single parent i just dont thik it is right that a single person may not adopt

I wouldn’t say that single people cannot adopt. I’m pretty sure they can. It’s more the lack of a stable home environment that would go against you. Anyway, it never hurts to ask, right?

it is harder for a single person to adopt they like it for a couple in a long term relationship as they can tell that they will be there and be able to provide EVERYTHING the child needs .look it up on google am sure they have somethinge for you

what time do you plan to home school a child if you work all day ?

i am going to google it my best friend on the internet is google ;) and ya it never hurts to ask but hey if i cant do it cuz of the envirement tan i will get off the road and live locally maybe even be a local driver i would just hate to give up all the money i make i couldnt make as much as i do with a college degree lol so ya but i would rather have a kid

then the simple solution is find a girl have some love making and have a kid if youwant kids that much .
or is there not much females where you live for this normal act of life?

lol well good ? but not to many women want a truck driver trust me i have tried and they either want me to get off the road or want me to take tham and i cant because of the insurance so that sux but ya not to many females want a truck driver

you have just went against what you just said >
they want you to stop driving so thats a no no yet you are willing to stop to adopt a child that doesnt make sense stop truckin and get a female then make a kid and be happy if you wont be happy not trucking then i cant see you gettin very far my fluther friend

well lol you do have a point damnit ic had people tell me that before but idk its going to be hard not driveing thats what i love to do and im good at it as well so ya but you do got a point i got to go think about somet hings so im off for now thank you

maybe if you gave us a follow up on your decision ?!

ok will do i got to think about it cuz plus my boss is a good friend and if i quite he will prob go under cuz the way most drivers are nowadays but iv been thinking of quiteing so ya i may quite and go live in az been wanting to live there for awhile now but ight ya ill try and give a follow up if i can remeber lol bad memory sorry but ight people good night and good night sandy

@sandystrachan, @jingram20: you’ll probably find that people are more willing to read your posts and respond to them if you make an effort to write coherently. I gave up about a third of the way through the thread because I finally decided that it wasn’t worth puzzling out the SMS-speak and gibberish.

@cwilbur where in any of my responses have i used sms-speak and or gibberish??????

Why not?

@ubersiren why not what ? explain !?

Why shouldn’t someone who drives a truck for a living adopt a kid? As long as they have adequate income to support the child, is a loving person with no chemical dependencies, can provide childcare when he/she is at work, and is generally of sound mind, adoption should be a great adventure. I guess the “why not?” was to ask you what specific circumstances surrounding the truck driver would lead you to ask this question. You could replace “truck driver” with any occupation. Actress, CEO, chef, massage therapist, stunt man, hair stylist, etc.

If children were only allowed to be adopted by the perfect parents, there wouldn’t be any adoptions ever.

Well, it really depends, in my opinion. If you’re a single man, who’s always on the road, doesn’t go home much, how would that be for the child? How would you take care of him/her? Take her in the truck with you? What kind of childhood would that be?

If you’re only part-time, are home a lot, and can support a stable home for him/her, then why not?

Single people absolutely CAN adopt. You will have to have a home inspection and your lifestyle will be scrutinized.

If you’re a long-haul trucker, you probably won’t qualify for single-parenthood adoption. Providing a stable home for a child is of utmost importance and extensive traveling and living on the road would not be considered a stable home environment. It doesn’t mean that you’d make a bad parent, but there definitely are some parameters when it comes to adopting a child.

Still, contact your county child welfare department. They have orientations at least once a month where you can have most of your questions answered. The first step is to qualify as a foster home – even if you have no intention of fostering kids – and then you can be put on a list as a prospective adoptive parent.

Best of luck to you in getting the answers you need. Parents have to make big sacrifices in their lives for their children. Sometimes even career changes.

Be sure to use some punctuation in your adoption application