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sib groups
Hi!
We just adopted a sib group of 4 ages 7,8,10,12.
They run the gamut from ADHD,Bipolar,FASD,LD, to gifted, natural athlete. Needless to say, it is a lot of hard work!!
But it is worth it to see these guys improving over the 2 years that they have been with us. And who knows what their lot would have been without us?
We could not have done it without our 2 older, college age daughters who are our backup.
We took the money they give us for the adoption subsidy and we pay a mortgage on a house right behind us in the subdivision where these daughters live. That is the only way we could have possibly taken on such a burden.
Now each of the kids in effect have their own bedrooms(mostly due to their sexually acting out which got them dumped from their previous angel adoptive mother who could not deal with the dysfunction).
It is a struggle! And we are still not bonding very well with the older 2, but it is getting better every month.
Good luck! Make sure you have backups to help you or please don't even try taking more than 2 at a time. That would be a recipe for failure, IMHO.
Theresa
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TJP
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