Advice about adopting children, teens and siblings?

Question

i dont want a baby i want siblings teens or children not twins any advice

Answer 1

You can adopt from thousands of waiting kids in the US. Many are older (6+) And many sibling sets. Check out the link below. Good luck to you!

Answer 2

Having worked in that system for 15 years my only advise to you would be to make sure you get ALL the information about ALL the kids.  Past, present.  Pay specific attention to emotional, physical and sexual abuse that they may have suffered from and MAKE SURE the worker is working in the best interest of the children!!!  

www.Adoptuskids.com great site for you

Answer 3

If you're looking to adopt teens or even school aged children, your way will likely be much shorter!

Contact your state's child welfare office (go to http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/reslist... to find your state's contact info) and go through the training and the background checks.

Good for you!  We adopted two girls internationally & I'm thinking the next child we add to our family will be an adoption through foster care.

Answer 4

I agree, it's a terrible misconception that all foster kids are horrible! That being said, or course, many of the kids will have issues. But the main thing to consider is whether you have younger children or not. While as an adult, you will have more capacity to understand what these kids are going through, younger children will not.

Just try googling foster care in your area and you will find some places to talk to. A good counselor will have  a lot more information for you about how things are done in your state and city!

Answer 5

I am in the process of adopting a sibling set of teens.  They are 15 & 16.   We started out in foster care and that is where you get allot of teens because everyone wants to adopt babies or younger children no one ever thinks about the older kids that want and deserve a good home too.  So maybe you could check out foster care in the state the you live in.  I am from Tennessee and we have numerous agencies to go through.   Don't believe everything you hear about kids in foster care they are not all bad like people say they are.  You can contact me if you would like to talk more about this.

Answer 6

My advice is to Foster the children first. It is easier to get the children in your home, plus you can make sure everyone is going to get along. I was a foster mom, and once we almost adopted a girl, but instead we fostered her, she ended up having some issues that were dangerous to my other children. Good Luck,

Cathy