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Has anyone had an experience working full time and adopting a teen? We really would like to adopt, preferably a young teen for our first go around but we both work full time. My husband actually works out of town most days, he is gone 5 days out of the week typically. I work a regular 8-4, with a 70 mile round commute for work, Monday through Friday. We also have 2 bio kids who are 7 & 9, who would continue to attend daycare regardless. We were going to wait 5 years or so, until the kids got older and I could lower my hours to part time but we just found this young lady that we both were like oh my would she be perfect for us! We were reading an article regarding our state basically having an adoption crisis, so many kids in care and so few people who adopt or even foster, that brought us to a kid of the month, and they brought us to the website.
Also, input on teen adoption. We are fairly young ourselves, I'm 28 and my husband is 33. Like I said we have 2 bio kids. I understand the risks from other posts regarding possible danger to our own children but this young lady loves kids and has been very "nurturing towards small children in the foster home". I more or less want your horror stories, your struggles, your low points, I do not want anything sugar coated.
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I would recommend working very closely with this girl's case manager to get a feel for whether or not she would be a good fit for your current family with your current working situation. Even better, I would reach out to her current foster family with questions about her need for supervision, redirection, etc.
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