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Posted by Markaba on 2012-January-27 22:23:53 EST, Friday
In reply to Umm... posted by qtns2di4 on 2012-January-27 21:47:11 EST, Friday
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There wouldn't be so many older kids in line for adoption if it was easier to adopt them younger before they age within the system. Essentially, the kids who become too old to be adoptable are there because their turn never came up when facing the artificially lowered demand back when they were young enough. Of course, there are exceptions in kids who need a new family later, but they aren't that many, and if the demand for younger children was met, they too would have a better chance at adoption themselves.

Do you think every child in the system goes into it when they are very small? Not! The majority of kids who go into the system do so over the age of 5. Most people looking to adopt want babies. The next highest age group would be toddlers, and the desire to adopt drops significantly as kids enter school age. Yet, and I quote ⚠️ ↗, "The median age of children entering foster care during FY* 2009 was 7.1 years."


* fiscal year




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