ADOPTION CLASSES

 

The welfare of the child is paramount

in all adoption cases we review.

The wishes of the birth parents must count,

and all extended family members too.

 

Some contact orders may be given here

to keep the birth relationships alive,

and you must forward photographs each year

ensuring that the family ties survive.

 

Relinquished newborn babies are quite rare

they tend to go to younger couples.  Thus

a five or six year old? – perhaps a pair?

and taking several siblings is a plus.

 

An ethnic match is high priority

we welcome every couple of mixed race!

This little girl’s half Swiss, half Yemeni

she won’t wait long; she’s got a pretty face.

 

Most children have been subject to attack

expect bedwetting, silences and fears.

It harms them if their pregnant mum took crack:

the damage manifests in later years.

 

Consider, please, a disability

please tick this box for “deaf” and this for “blind”.

Some medical conditions we can’t see

life still has its rewards, most families find.

 

If sexualised behaviours are observed

"looked-after" children may have been abused,

Your families and friends might be perturbed -

just tell them that your child may be “confused”.

 

Resentment of adoption is routine.

They’ll say “You aren’t my parents – go away!”

And if they want to, when they reach eighteen

we’ll help them find their birth mum, anyway.

 

Adoptive parents’ rights were not discussed.

The childless, unfulfilled and desperate,

each loving, wishing, coping, as they must;

the unpaid babysitters of the State.