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Hi. We brought our DD home at age 6 1/2 3 years ago. Things have gone very well. I must agree with what someone else said though, STRUCTURE is very important! We placed her into kindergarten right away (3 wks & 3 days from the day we brought her home) and I think that helped tremendously with the language barrier. I just ran into her kdgn. teacher last week and she said she still tells everyone how my DD came here not knowing any English whatsoever and how quickly she picked it up! We did do ESL for 30 min. a week for about 4 months, but my DD did not like being taken from the classroom to go to that, so we stopped. She has done excellent in school and will be starting 3rd grade in the fall. There was a little adjustment with an older sibling (my stepdaughter). But I think a lot of that was because she (my stepdaughter) lives in our home one week and her mom's the next. My DD at first did not like her sister going. She wanted her to stay with us. Then it kind of became an issue of, well why does she get to go with her mom..... Aarrgghh. I didn't realize that type of issue. But we have worked through them. She was relinquished at 5 1/2 so she has MANY memories of her birthmother. We pray together all the time that her birthmom is safe and has food. She has bonded very well with our family! I think sometimes I worry too much about some of the issues! I would have no reservations about adopting an older child! It's been an AWESOME experience!
Linda
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