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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]from foster care- seriously.  I say this as a foster parent and one who has adopted from foster care.  I really don't understand why people go oversees for older child adoptions.  The children from oversees are not 'less damaged.'  You just get less information about them, less support going forward, and spend a whole lot more money.  
A disturbing number of older child oversees adoptions disrupt. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/s_disrup.pdf
Statistically, the most successful older child adoptions are when children are adopted by their foster parents.  
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As an adoptive parent, you should really be one of the least judgmental people about how others choose to form their families.

Signed,

An international adoptee who also adopted from "oversees."[/quote]

She doesn't sound like she is judging you (or anyone else) - she is genuinely pondering why so many children remain in care in this country, when they are available for adoption. I'd say that was a fair question.[/quote]

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