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I have a close friend that adopted 2 boys , each at 4 years of age. They were in foster care and had no attachment issues. They are actually looking to adopt another 4 year old and I have discussed this with her at length and she is a strong proponent of older child adoption. She feels that the problems of a few have discouraged people and that in her experience she did not have any major issues. My Aunt and Uncle adopted internationally 2 toddlers. One had no issues the other is slightly autistic and there were some issues associated with that--but not major ones. I have heard of difficulties on this board, but the people that I know personally have not found that to be the case. You may want to talk with other famlies that have adopted from the same orphanage to see if they had any issues. I think a lot of it depends on the environment in which they were living.
Good luck
Lexie
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