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[quote=Anonymous]OP wanting to clarify a few points-

1. Our motivation to adopt is that we want to add more children to our family. The “wanting a sibling for our child” thing is regarding timing, not our underlying motivation.

2. We realize all kids avaialable for adoption have already have suffered the trauma of the loss of their birth family. But from what I’ve seen through the numerous adoptions I’m familiar with firsthand (these were all 5-10+ years ago, which is why I want to hear more recent experiences), there is a huge spectrum of health and emotional concerns and I want to know where we can realistically draw the line but still have a good chance of a fairly reasonable timeline. Almost all of the adoptive families we know adopted healthy infants domestically or from China or Vietnam. Two adopted children who were classified as “special needs” (one had a large birthmark, one has scars from a fire) and are happy, healthy, and living “normal” lives now as teens. One family adopted supposedly healthy children from Russia who had severe attachment disorder and FASD. They children will never be able to live independently and they dealt with scary, violent behavior toward their biological children. I’m trying to be realistic about what our family can take on upfront.

3. Of course we know there are no guarantees with any child, biological or adopted. [/quote]

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