For children who cannot be brought up by their biological parents, adoption offers an alternative, permanent family.
When such placements are successful, they result in lifelong love and commitment not just between parents and child but across the extended family.
Adoption today is rarely the relatively simple process of matching a newborn infant with a childless couple. Most children placed for adoption now have experienced family breakdown or have additional needs.
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