/u/JeffSHauser on Please help us adopt a newborn with a private adoption agency for $55K in the US. We don’t want to foster or adopt through the government bc the kids are older. We are first time parents and don’t think we have enough experience. We want

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Any time. The one I would cation a person (like the one in the post) that there speculation under the current administration that some of these adopted kids could be sent back to their "Nation of origin". Talk about a sucky position to be in. Taking on teens is great place to start because working with teens gives you the tools for when a younger one you might get, becomes a teen right. As for "terrible teens", 6 birth kids + many in foster group care, there is one simple motto we use "Act like an adult, be treated like an adult. Act like a child, be treated like a child". It reminds them we have no teenagers here. DM Jeff anytime.