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Old 03-02-2011, 03:47 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale View Post
Is that list for all ages of kids or just infants? As unfair and kind of cruel as it is to say, the older the child the less desirable they are to adopt. I should have said there is a huge waiting list for couples to adopt infants.

Sorry for being unclear.
28,000 babies (less than 1 year) were waiting for adoptions in the US in 2009 and looks like only 1,100 were adopted. Not sure if this is an exhaustive list or not.

Do you have data to suggest the opposite is true?

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/s...r/report17.htm
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