So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: " We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him? " They said: " Of course."
CHLG aims to bring an end to the use of large institutions and promote ways that allow children to live with families – their own, foster or national adoptive parents – or in small group homes.
The research is more limited there — especially when it comes to groups like adoptive parents — but data suggest that at least 5% to 10% of new dads develop postpartum depression.
Some applicants asked the commission to look into abuses they say they experienced at South Korean orphanages or under the care of their foreign adoptive parents.