Is it more dificult to adopt an older child? why?
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I would think it would be easier, only because most people don't want to adopt older children...most people want to adopt a baby. There are so many older children out there who need to be adopted, too...so I would think it would be easier. But I'm not really sure.
Yes it is because many children who are older have been passed around from foster home to foster home and they can have emotional problems.Many don't feel loved or wanted and problems can arrise from them feeling that way.My husband and I would love to adopt a little girl someday-we would probably take up to age 2 or 3.
From what I've heard it's easier to adopt an older child, because there are so many, in the system, waiting to be adopted. No one wants to adopt an older shild for fear of the problems the child could have. They always want a baby so they can raise it the way they want to, without worrying about what the child has already experienced.
yes and no it's hard because they might not want u as a parent but rember they dont relly have a chance over the little ones becuase their not cute and adorable i'd say adpot an little first then get an older one and if they have a sibling take them too
rember u can make a diffrence no matter how old the child is
no i think wen they are older they kind of understand that they are adopted and u dont have to break the news. i think that when they are younger you have to break the news when they are older and that would crush a childs life.thinking that you are their real parents and then liying all their life!
If you are talking from the paperwork/legal stuff, it probably is easier to adopt an older child.
On the emotional side, the older a child is the more opportunities for that child to have a bruised psyche. More chances of having emotional scarring, dissociation trauma, sense of abandonment...you get the idea.
Adoption is a noble endeavor, and those who decide to do it are truly special human beings. Taking into your home someone who you know nothing about, who may be irascible, stubborn, exploitative, violent.or sweet, beautiful, kind, and generous.
Man, what a gamble.
it might be, but most older children don't get adopted so they don't usually get a family.most people want babies.I would get the older child
It's easier to get an older child because not a lot of people want an older child. A lot of times, the people adopting are people that can't have babies and they want one really bad so in that way it's easy. But it's difficult for the child him/herself because it's a huge transition and then they are so used to the life they have so they are switching over to a whoooole new life. It's difficult for them. But easy for the process.
it depends on the context of your question. if you mean would it be easier to find an older child available to adopt then yes is the answer because there are a lot more older children than babies. in the other hand, if you are looking at it from an emotional point of view then no, it is much harder because they will often choose to rebel against you and claim you have no proper authority over them, they can find it very difficult to settle and your relationship may not be as good as if they were younger. i know it sounds odd but a good way of thinking about it is like getting a new rabbit! if the bunny is a baby it will become tame quickly and quite easily, settling in well to it's new home, with an older rabbit it may take a much longer time period to tame it and gain it's trust which could take you both on an emotional roller coaster and take a while to settle. hope this helped
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No, actually it's easier! Older children are already in the system, have been in the system and more than likely their parents rights have been terminated for quite some time~ Younger children / babies, this is not the case as the parents are still "fighting" to get their rights back to have the child / children placed back at home. We are in the process now of terming parents rights on our four yr old foster child who has been in the system since basically birth and it's taken this long for it to finally happen.
first let me say if you want to adopt a child i praise you! you must be a wonderful person. if you'd like to adopt an older child, it will be harder for both of you... it'll take you a long time to get used to your new family member and the same for the child and his/her new parents.. but i wish you all the best good luck
yeah cause they dont want to do what you tell em to do
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