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Hi Katrinad,
This is a slight aside, but I was so shocked to hear that in NZ children are only adopted under the age of 2.Our daughter was much older when she came to us and definately wanted to be adopted rather than stay in foster care. What happens to the older children? To not have the chance to be adopted,(if the child wants that) seems punitive to me.
How does it work if birth parents are taking time to get there lives on track, but the child passes the age of 2 and they have not succeeded.
You might be right that open adoptions are easier for adoptees to handle than closed adoptions.I grew up fine with my adoption as a child, but in later life the grief all surfaced.
Glad you're getting responses-I hadn't realised how long ago you had posted.
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