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So it was just really because we didn’t want our son to be an only child.”

Collette and Adam, 41 and 39

Other people answering Why did you decide to adopt?

  • Video by Oona

    “...adoption seemed like a way of getting a baby instead of getting a bill”

    Oona, 41

  • Video by Robert and Marilyn

    “When the youngest of our oldest children went off to university, Marilyn got a very bad case of empty nest syndrome. ”

    Robert and Marilyn, 61 and 56

  • Video by Diane and James

    “...we went through years of infertility treatment and… decided right early on that if things didn’t work out then we would try to adopt and decided to be placed on a waiting list”

    Diane and James, 19

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