Need Advice - Adopting Older Children

[piejean]

From: "piejean" <pie...@gte.net>
Newsgroups: alt.support.adoption.advocacy
Subject: Re: Need Advice - Adopting Older Children
Date: 27 Dec 1997 09:58:23 GMT
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Will Weat <will...@aol.com> wrote in article
<willweat-ya0240800...@news.prodigy.net>...

> For someone who is thinking about adoption, of an older child, say
between the
> age of 3 to 8 years old,
> What kind of pit falls could we fall into.
> We know what the Social Workers tell us, these children have been abuse,
> neglected, or for some reason the courts have taken them away from their
> parents, Does anyone have any experience in this field, of getting a
older
> child.
> if so please e-mail me

I'm new to this group, but I'd welcome a public discussion of this subject
since it's something I've been considering (although I'm considering a
little older - probably 7 at the youngest).

Thanks in advance,
Jean :)