Older Child Adoption

Older children do bring unique issues and concerns during adopting. There are several books, websites, and support groups specifically for the adoption of older children. There are also lots of professional to assist. One of my favorite books is "Parenting the Hurt Child" written about attachment disorder of older children. Hope this helps, feel free to contact me directly.

Tracy

www.theadoptionauthority.com

We just brought home our girls in Sept 2007. They are almost 5 & 3yrs old. We now have five children and a very interesting life!

I have a blog at www.mygiftsmychallenges.blogspot.com.

I'd love to hear from you! What is your blog link? I'd like to check it out. ;o)

Adopted a 12 year old boy as single parent 24 years ago. Brought into my parents home over a period of months. Visited during days, then overnights, brought a few things at a time-finally it was the most natural thing for him to stay and not leave again. Can't imagine doing it any other way for an older child. A long time is needed to become a child's Mom and Dad especially in the circumstances some of them were freed. Best of Luck

we have five adopted children, we brought them into our home at 6, 4, 4, 5 and 3. They are now 13, 15, 15, 17, 18. Definately going through a lot of things with our oldest. On top of everything else there is the whole teenage thing. One of my hardest things is what is "normal" what is because of teenageritis, what is adoption related.