Should you give your baby up for adoption?  photo/ lamb white by
Lorraine Dusky and Jane Edwards, First Mother Forum
Adoptive parents are not "special" although they may appear so
in adoption agency advertisements, where they are presenting
themselves to look "special" to get you to choose them.
Remember, adoptive parents, like other people, may divorce, lose
their jobs, have health problems, abuse alcohol and drugs.
• Your school district’s teen parents program.   • Parenting
classes offered by your county or state health department    •
Food stamps, though your county or state welfare department. 
• Low cost housing through your local housing authority.    •
Check for resources at this government site: Family Preservation
Services     You may meet mothers who say they did the right
thing in giving up their babies, and you can find these mothers
on the Internet. No matter what the influences were that led to
giving up their children, it was still heart-breaking. If you
read their posts care