Weekend Wisdom: Do Teens in Foster Care Want to be Adopted?
Question: I’m interested in adopting an older teenager (16 or 17). An agency worker shared that many older teens don’t want to be adopted, and just want to age out of foster care. Is this true, and if so, is adopting an older teen a reasonable goal?
Resources:
- Foster Care Adoption (Resource page)
- Adoptee & Former Foster Youth Voices
- Foster Care (Suggested Books)
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