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You can't force someone to do couseling if they don't want to. Yes, I'm worried about her emotional well-being and I do wish that she would get counseling because she needs it. She has been through trauma and I know that she needs some help, but we can't force her to do it. We are not going to pressure her into this. Although it is the best for the child if she does let us adopt her, it is HER child and she needs to think long and hard about it. We don't want her to "give us an answer" when we talk to her. She needs counseling to make sure it's what she wants to do, but if she says "yes" without taking us up on the counseling, the only thing that we can do is take the child. I feel that each situation is different and each birthmom is different and you can't say across the board that each one must have counseling when they won't/can't stay off drugs long enough to make it to the counseling session. Like I said, I do want her to have counseling, but I can't force her to do.
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