Teenagers
often age out of foster care without finding a permanent home. This kind
of stacks the deck against them. Some of these teens do succeed, but
it’s a hard road, and many don’t make it without help.
Teens
in foster care can – and will – tell you what they want… including an
adoptive family.
Teenagers
in foster care don’t fit the negative stereotypes that circulate about
them. The teens in foster care that I’ve met are interesting, resilient,
and adaptable.
Sometimes,
it just takes one person to make a permanent, positive impact in a teen’s
life. And teenagers are more important than starfish.
Some prospective adoptive parents decide
not to adopt because they are “too old to adopt”… They’re 50 now, and
don’t want to be 68 while their kids are still in school. If you adopt a
teen at 50, when they graduate, you’ll still be pretty young.
Babies
are great, but you could make the argument that getting a teen ready for
Prom is more fun than changing diapers.
You
don’t have to wait as long to see who a teen grows up to be.
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