Ar gyfer y plant a’r bob ifanc hynny y canfyddir mai mabwysiadu yw’r ateb mwyaf buddiol iddynt, nid yw’r darlun presennol yn un calonogol. Mae nifer y mabwysiadwyr cymeradwy wedi gostwng dros y 2 flynedd ddiwethaf; ac Asiantaethau Mabwysiadu a’r Gofrestr Mabwysiadu wedi nodi’r angen i recriwtio, asesu a chymeradwyo rhagor o ddarpar fabwysiadwyr ar frys – proses a allai gymryd cyhyd â 6-8 mis i’w chwblhau. Mae’n amlwg bod y prinder mabwysiadwyr posibl yn cael effaith anferthol ar nifer y cydweddiadau addas sydd ar gael i ddiwallu anghenion amrywiol y plant sy’n aros am eu mabwysiadu. Yn ôl amcangyfrif Cymdeithas Mabwysiadu a Maethu Prydain (BAAF), ni fydd 1 o bob 4 o’r plant sydd ar gael i’w mabwysiadu yn cael eu lleoli oherwydd, yn bennaf, y prinder rhieni mabwysiadol.
For those children and young people for whom adoption has been identified as in their best interest, the current picture is not encouraging. There has been a reduction in the numbers of approved adopters in the last 2 years; with Adoption Agencies and the Adoption Register having identified the urgent need to recruit, assess and approve potential adopters - a process which can take between 6-8 months to complete. The lack of potential adopters obviously has a huge impact on the availability of suitable matches to meet the varied needs of children waiting to be adopted.  BAAF estimate that 1 in 4 children available for adoption will not be placed primarily, due to the lack of an adoptive parent resource.