In the textbook and in chapter 15 it talks about LDS Family Services and how it can help unwed parents and adoptive parents. I work with kids at a school and a lot of them are adopted. Many of them feel like they can't connect with their parents. For example, there is a small black boy with white adopted parents. The black boy feels like his parents can't understand his culture and his behavior because they aren't black. The boy makes poor decisions, is rude to his parents, and defies them constantly. the family would I think to be a good candidate for therapy.
90% of parents that adopt are pleased with their adoption and would want to adopt again. Many of the kids that get adopted have a hard time with a relationship with their parents in their teenage years. But it gets better as they get older.
LDS FS also helps with people put their children up for adoption. It is shown that a teenager that gives up their baby for adoption are more likely to graduate high school. It can be a blessing for both the person giving the kid up for adoption and the family looking for a child to adopt.
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