We are at the very early stages of thinking about adoption. We have two boys currently 5 and 2. We would not be in a position to adopt a child until they were at least 7 and 10 due to career changes that would need to stabilise.
A friend of mine recently adopted a 3 y.o. girl and the adoption sadly broke down. She had natural children (boys) who were 16, 12 and 9 when the adoption took place. One of the reasons she gave for the break down was that the little girl struggled to fit in with her much older new brothers. I think there must have been other reasons but it got me wondering.
Does anyone have any experience of what age gaps between natural and adopted children generally work, or should be avoided? Or is each case different?
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Age gap between natural and adopted children - what works?
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JojoMags · 19/05/2013 11:14
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