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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 142753" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi there. Welcome to the board. I have a few questions (I adopted four kids too).</p><p>How old were they when you adopted them, and do you know anything about the birth family? Did the kids have good prenatal care?</p><p>Also, as hard as it is to admit, our kids are born with their genetics and "nature" can only do so much. Just because your entire family has advanced degrees doesn't mean that your kids have that potential. If you have a well-balanced family void of psychiatric problems, that doesn't mean that these two kids have the same genepool or can follow your example, even if it's a great environment. Do you know if there are any psychiatric or neurological problems on the family tree? That will probably tell you more than anything. Also, they don't care that you rescued them from poverty. in my opinion that should never even be brought up--I have a few kids who would have been poor if not for us, but I consider us the lucky ones--we adopted them because we wanted to make them our kids, not to save them. Lastly, has either child ever had a neuropsychologist evaluation? If not, I highly recommend that as the best sort of evaluation a child can get. They catch lots of things others miss because they test very extensively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 142753, member: 1550"] Hi there. Welcome to the board. I have a few questions (I adopted four kids too). How old were they when you adopted them, and do you know anything about the birth family? Did the kids have good prenatal care? Also, as hard as it is to admit, our kids are born with their genetics and "nature" can only do so much. Just because your entire family has advanced degrees doesn't mean that your kids have that potential. If you have a well-balanced family void of psychiatric problems, that doesn't mean that these two kids have the same genepool or can follow your example, even if it's a great environment. Do you know if there are any psychiatric or neurological problems on the family tree? That will probably tell you more than anything. Also, they don't care that you rescued them from poverty. in my opinion that should never even be brought up--I have a few kids who would have been poor if not for us, but I consider us the lucky ones--we adopted them because we wanted to make them our kids, not to save them. Lastly, has either child ever had a neuropsychologist evaluation? If not, I highly recommend that as the best sort of evaluation a child can get. They catch lots of things others miss because they test very extensively. [/QUOTE]
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