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What is Adoption Experience?

Adoption is an area of childcare and family life shrouded in misconception, myth and confusion. The best way to untangle the realities from the rumours and hearsay is to focus on real people's real experiences.

Help clarify any area of Adoption by adding your own first-hand experiences.

Featured Discussion

My wife and I are both 49 and were approved to adopt two years ago we have shown an interest in 10 children without success. Are we too old?
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About Find Me a Family

Read more about the series that follows three households of would-be adopters as they take part in a pioneering project that aims to find homes for the children who are harder to place. Find Me a Family begins on Monday 11 May, 9pm

Your experiences

  1. Hi, yes you can. Special Guardianship Orders were introduced to help Grandparents who are looking after their Grandchildren temporarily. This type of order will continue to recognise the birth parents, however their ability to exercise thei…”

    Arlene on can i adopt my own grandchild?

  2. I hate it now when the adverts say children are crying out to be adopted and a social worker can decide that you are a lesser adoption parent because the criteria includes having a 'social network'. As one birth mum said - when she moved in …”

    Goin on why can't someone with no criminal record and a stable job get a child to adopt?

  3. There could be any number of reasons. What an assessing agency is looking for is your ability to meet a child's needs. It's all about the child, not your eligibility. They'll be looking for a whole host of skills and qualities: parenting abil…”

    [No first name supplied] on why can't someone with no criminal record and a stable job get a child to adopt?

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