Adoption is only the start of a new journey that can be both rewarding and challenging. How can you help support adoptive families? Journalist Rima Evans reports.

摘要

Over whelmingly, parents who adopt say it's a decision they are glad they took. A survey from last year, which gave us a brief glimpse into the experience of modern-day adoption, revealed that 88% of adoptive parents felt positive about their, choice (BBC/Adoption UK Survey, 2017), The survey of around 3000 adopters also showed more than a quarter found the experience 'fulfilling and stable' and 44 % 'challenging but stable'. So adoption seems to be a transforming and positive experience. It's an opportunity to offer a stable, loving home - and currently 1115 children in England are waiting to be offered one (Adoption Match, 2018). However, the survey also brought to our attention a more difficult truth - a fifth of adopters admitted it posed serious challenges that affected the wider family, with some families' lives being disrupted as a result (Adoption Match, 2018).