Hi there, 1st post but I've been lurking for sometime. We have 4 children at the moment so not really a "Large Family". 3 of our children came to us by birth, the 4th through Adoption. We have just applied to adopt our 5th child.
Our oldest daughter has told us that she is embarrassed at our current family size and certainly doesn't want us to be a family of 7. This has nothing to do with her younger sister who she adores. She really is struggling with the fact that we are not the "norm".
We are should that adopting another child is right for our family. There is a very large gap between 3 and 4. 12 years between our teenager and her younger sister.
Anyone else been in a similar situation? We're not going to pressure her or ask her to lie to our SW. But we do know that life for her in 2 years time will be very different from now, and family size will not even be on her radar. Everyone else in the family is in favour of us adopting our 5th child.
Any advice???
Thanks - Sherlynn
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sherlynn · 14/08/2009 00:58
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