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Is Adoption Right For You?
You’ve come to terms with the fact that you won’t be having a biological baby, but you’re still yearning to be a parent and share your love of and experience of life with a child. Adoption could be the exact solution you’re searching for…just carefully consider some key questions and the facts. It’s savvy to be well-informed about this decision that will change your life forever more.
DELVE INTO YOUR HONEST FEELINGS ABOUT ADOPTION AND THE FUTURE EFFECTS ON YOU, THE CHILD, AND YOUR FAMILY.
Have you thought about how you will feel in not being genetically-related to your child?What will you say and when will you tell your child that he/she is adopted? How will you help your child to understand his existence before you adopted him, particularly if there is little information, abandonment or an embarrassing history? If you’re adoptive child is from another culture or ethnicity, are you prepared to maintain a positive identification with that child’s birth culture? Would you be willing to move to another community where you had better access and relationships with adults and peers of your child’s ethnic background?
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