Tag Archives: Older Child Adoption
Guide to Successful Older Child Adoption
Posted by Admin
on January 13, 2011
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Robin D. Hayes, Ph.D. asked:
How to have a successful older child adoption? Planning is the key. We all want to believe in fairy tales; it's human nature. Problems after placement? Not our child! Our child will sail through, adjust at record speed, and become the benchmark by which all others will be measured.
That's unlikely.
If you are reading this, you are becoming aware, investigating, and preparing in advance, all of which bodes well both for you and your child. There will still be issues. Plan for them. Plan for success and it will be yours. Here's what to do:
Adoption Agency: if adopting through an adoption agency, consider only agencies where most of the staff have adopted older child. Most means 66.6% or two-thirds. Why? They possess expertise you may need later, and Read more [...]
Older Child Adoption Outcomes
Posted by Admin
on November 21, 2010
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Will Robins asked: Older child adoption can often be more complex and come with more risks than adoption of an infant. In this article we look at some older child adoption outcomes and how possible negative situations can be resolved or prevented.The first problem with older child adoption is that older children need to be better prepared for adoption. They may not want to be adopted, they may feel rejection from their birthparents, and they may come with a lot of other emotional baggage that prevents them bonding with their adoptive parents. It is also often more difficult for an adoptive parent to bond with an older child. The more an older child can be involved in deciding who their adoptive parents will be the better the chances are of having positive outcomes in the end. If they Read more [...]