Did you know that you can legally adopt a child in India until the child turns 18 years old? We have all heard about people adopting babies or toddlers, but there are children of all ages in the Indian legal adoption pool, waiting in shelters for their forever family.
Adoption is picking up pace in our country, with children getting adopted quickly if they are under 10 years of age. But many preteens and teens languish in shelters despite being legally adoptable because many of us don’t understand that it is possible to build a strong bond with an older child, and they need and deserve a permanent family as much as any other child.
As an adoptive parent myself and as co-founder of the nonprofit WAIC, I have talked to many families who took the step to adopt a preteen and teen child. Here are the key takeaways from their adoption stories.
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