|
I adopted my first child who had lots of problems. I wanted to be a mom so much, I was spending all my time with him and doing attachment parenting without really knowing it. After that I took three siblings. They were tough because they acted out previous abuse on each other. One advantage though was that one of the children was bonded to the other two which made him work harder to stay together and in turn made me work harder to find help for the other two. It was tough, but its been worth it.
I now have nine boys and their really wonderful kids. One of them was dangerous and spent 16 months in a residential center but returned home recently and is working hard on reclaiming his life. The rest of the boys were added one at a time and I think that was much easier as I could devote more individual time with them.
|