[ranade3]

There is always the possibility that the child you adopt could have some of the issues you mentioned. I know a number of families who had very little problems adopting older children from Liberia but I have also heard some very difficult situations.

My five year old has been home almost 4 years now (she came home at 19 months) and she was so easy. Then when my 2.5 year old came home at 13.5 months I expected her to be even easier because of her young age. I was wrong. It took a good 7 months to get past the initial anxious attachment issues she had and even longer to feel like she had a good healthy attachment to me. She had been abandoned at 2 weeks old and had wonderful foster care after that but you never know how their personalities will handle the situations they are thrown into.

I know you are talking older children so I suggest you go to the adoptingfromliberia group on yahoo and you will get a much better idea of what families are experiencing with their Liberian children.