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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 58586" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>I agree with Big Bad Kitty, adoption is a selfLESS act. I also don't think that there is anything wrong with setting parameters for the type of child you want to adopt. There is a huge need for adoptive parents in this world. My first job when I was fresh out of school was working in adoptions for a governmental welfare agency. I worked with the scared, terribly young girls who had decided to have their babies and give them up for adoption , and I also worked with older foster children whose parents had given up their parental rights either voluntarily or involuntarily. We worked very hard to disclose every bit of information we had regarding family backgrounds, kids' early life experiences, medical and psychiatric history (parents and kids), and projections about the future. Sometimes potential adoptive parents heard what we had to say, and sometimes they were just so excited about adoption that they listened, but you could tell that they didn't really hear the serious things we were passing along. Sometimes, those kids were brought back to us after a failed adoption... and that is the saddest thing in the world for a child.</p><p>I loved potential adoptive parents like you mstang67chic.... the experience you bring to the table means that you know what it is all about. That makes all the difference in the world! I say,"Go for it"!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 58586, member: 3704"] I agree with Big Bad Kitty, adoption is a selfLESS act. I also don't think that there is anything wrong with setting parameters for the type of child you want to adopt. There is a huge need for adoptive parents in this world. My first job when I was fresh out of school was working in adoptions for a governmental welfare agency. I worked with the scared, terribly young girls who had decided to have their babies and give them up for adoption , and I also worked with older foster children whose parents had given up their parental rights either voluntarily or involuntarily. We worked very hard to disclose every bit of information we had regarding family backgrounds, kids' early life experiences, medical and psychiatric history (parents and kids), and projections about the future. Sometimes potential adoptive parents heard what we had to say, and sometimes they were just so excited about adoption that they listened, but you could tell that they didn't really hear the serious things we were passing along. Sometimes, those kids were brought back to us after a failed adoption... and that is the saddest thing in the world for a child. I loved potential adoptive parents like you mstang67chic.... the experience you bring to the table means that you know what it is all about. That makes all the difference in the world! I say,"Go for it"! [/QUOTE]
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