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It is too bad that as an adoption professional, I cannot be persuasive . . .
Posted by: Steve Kirsh
February 21, 2012
I just met with a woman who is twenty years old, has three children, a 10th grade education, no job, and is living with her sister, who wants her to move out. Her three children are ages four, two, and seven months. She is considering an adoption plan for the seven month old. She had been thinking about adoption since before the child was born but decided to take the baby home to see if she could make a go of it. She said things are very difficult with three children, given her circumstances. I asked her how certain she was about adoption. She replied that she was about 70% sure. As she was saying that to me, I was trying to imagine...
