Thane: Nearly 60% of couples going for adoption in Thane district have shown a preference for a girl child, government data shows, highlighting a change in the rigid Indian mindset that allows a male child to continue the family legacy. like to keep.
While international celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Meg Ryan, and close home sushmita sen, Raveena Tandon And Sunny LeoneHaving adopted girls, the parents of Thane district too, are increasingly opting to adopt daughters. Five-year data compiled by the Thane district women and child welfare department and accessed by TOI shows that of the 213 children registered and executed since 2016, about 122, or about 60%, were for a girl child. .
Social workers counseling prospective adoptive parents said that most couples, who are childless or already have boys in their families, preferred a daughter considering that the girls would settle easily with the family and They are more likely to be taken care of. old again. Officials also said that there were almost negligible cases of adopted girls being turned back for not being able to bond with their foster families.
“Not just childless couples, even those who already have sons in their family, go for adoption of a baby girl as they feel that she will be more emotionally attached to the parents. As surprising as it may sound, it’s a welcome change,” said Vandana PatiliDeputy Director at Janani Ashish Charitable Trust in Dombivli, one of the registered agencies for adoption in Thane.
Citing a case study, experts said that a few years ago, an affluent family insisted on a girl despite having three children, while another couple working in the IT industry, after already having a boy Also adopted a girl child. A childless couple from Thane has also recently adopted two girls one after the other. “The family told us that they were willing to adopt a second daughter within a few years of bringing their first daughter home,” Patil said.
Interestingly, records show that couples living abroad have also opted to adopt girls. In the last five years, around 32 girls from Thane district were adopted by couples based abroad. Pallavi Jadhav, child protection officer of Thane district, said around 10 of them are girls with special needs.
However, officials and experts also pointed out that while the number of adopted girls is encouragingly high, the number of daughters being abandoned or surrendered by their biological parents is also high. Though no official data was available, experts said that around 65% of the children in various child care institutions in the district were girls.
While international celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Meg Ryan, and close home sushmita sen, Raveena Tandon And Sunny LeoneHaving adopted girls, the parents of Thane district too, are increasingly opting to adopt daughters. Five-year data compiled by the Thane district women and child welfare department and accessed by TOI shows that of the 213 children registered and executed since 2016, about 122, or about 60%, were for a girl child. .
Social workers counseling prospective adoptive parents said that most couples, who are childless or already have boys in their families, preferred a daughter considering that the girls would settle easily with the family and They are more likely to be taken care of. old again. Officials also said that there were almost negligible cases of adopted girls being turned back for not being able to bond with their foster families.
“Not just childless couples, even those who already have sons in their family, go for adoption of a baby girl as they feel that she will be more emotionally attached to the parents. As surprising as it may sound, it’s a welcome change,” said Vandana PatiliDeputy Director at Janani Ashish Charitable Trust in Dombivli, one of the registered agencies for adoption in Thane.
Citing a case study, experts said that a few years ago, an affluent family insisted on a girl despite having three children, while another couple working in the IT industry, after already having a boy Also adopted a girl child. A childless couple from Thane has also recently adopted two girls one after the other. “The family told us that they were willing to adopt a second daughter within a few years of bringing their first daughter home,” Patil said.
Interestingly, records show that couples living abroad have also opted to adopt girls. In the last five years, around 32 girls from Thane district were adopted by couples based abroad. Pallavi Jadhav, child protection officer of Thane district, said around 10 of them are girls with special needs.
However, officials and experts also pointed out that while the number of adopted girls is encouragingly high, the number of daughters being abandoned or surrendered by their biological parents is also high. Though no official data was available, experts said that around 65% of the children in various child care institutions in the district were girls.