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.
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Did you meet your child's birth parents before they were placed? What was this like? What did you say?
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Did you meet your child's birth parents before they were placed? What was this like? What did you say?
I am 28 and my partner of 8 yrs is 30 and we would like to adopt. I have had cancer in the past(been all clear for 1 year) Will this prevent us from adopting?
i gave birth to a daughter in BMH singapore 1968, she was put in the care of a foster family, her name was changed by my parents, i could not find her, how can i find her now?
Why does almost everyone on here talk about adoption as if it is a good thing? Why does no-one seem to be facing the reality that being adopted is horrifically traumatising?
im 34 years old i have been on benefits due to depression triggered by bereavement for my Father for whom i was a carer for many years. I have never had a child of my own. Would I be eligible to adopt?
Tracy on How do Social Workers decide? following two failures of the matching process we need to know what were doing wrong, the feedback is all negative and I'm about to give up
caroline on Why does almost everyone on here talk about adoption as if it is a good thing? Why does no-one seem to be facing the reality that being adopted is horrifically traumatising?
Arlene on can i adopt my own grandchild?