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[quote=Anonymous]I disrupted a foster-to-adopt placement. Assume that kids who have been in the foster care system long enough for parental rights to be terminated and are not being adopted by their extended families or their current foster parents are going to have serious effects both from whatever abuse and neglect led to their removal, and from their time in care (in addition to any underlying issues). Someone needs to do it but I could not handle a physically violent child who weighed as much as I did and was often not in touch with reality. You need to expect that in any adoption you will not be given the whole truth. Birth parents have reasons to not be forthcoming. So do private adoption agencies and CPS. Sometimes they don't know all the facts and sometimes they are not sharing what they do know so you'll go through with adoption. Again, adoption can be wonderful and there are kids who truly need homes. But if you are not sure whether you can handle a child with PTSD, prenatal substance exposure, or serious mental illnesses with strong genetic components, then you should rule it out.[/quote]

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