Everyone needs a family, regardless of your age or mental capacity. Adopting a child or having a child may be different, but both can make you happy in some way. Many children need a stable home, but can never find that place where they feel safe and loved. Children may never have the family or home they need because many people believe that adoption is wrong because some things can go wrong. Things always go wrong and no one says anything about it, because adoption can't be one of them. Many things can bring you happiness. Very few people think that a child can make you happy, you will be surprised. A study conducted by the Sahlgrensla Academy at the University of Gothenburg showed that “the quality of life was higher among couples who had adopted”. A person will have difficult times while raising a child, but there is a certain kind of happiness that you receive from a child that you have raised as your own. The government sometimes does not take the child into consideration when looking for a family. Finding a family is the most important thing in an adoption case. However, the government tends to rush some adoption cases, no one knows why. This child may be difficult to handle, but that is no reason to rush the adoption. Rushing an adoption can lead to failed cases where the child is put back into the system and has to go through it all over again. Not all adoptions go perfectly, some may take a turn for the worse. “Adoptions fail but we rarely talk about it.” says Denise Winterman in her article When Adoption Breaks Down. When a child is adopted at an older age it is more difficult. That child remembers his past and can therefore rebel against his new family. That child may then become hostile and the...... middle of paper...... 2013. Web. November 20, 2013..Harrison, Angela. “Adoptions: Ofsted issues tough new rules.” BBC News. BBC, 267 February 2012. Web. 8 November 2013. .Hough, Andrew. "How to adopt a child is the best way to improve your quality of life." Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited 2013, 26 April 2013. Web. 8 November 2013. .Rushton, Alan. “Outcomes of Adoption from Public Assistance: Research and Practice Issues.” Advances in psychiatric treatment. NP Network. November 13, 2013 ..Winterman, Denise. "When adoption fails." BBC News. BBC. Network. November 8 2013. .