IN the space of only five years, the number of children waiting to be adopted has doubled. Now, with 15,000 on the list at the time of the last count, child protection figures are more daunting than ever.
This three-part documentary has shown many of the problems faced by social workers, foster carers, birth parents and adoptive parents during the process of adoption as cameras followed their plights.
In tonight’s edition, we find out more about the transition from the familiar foster home to the unknown of adoptive parents and the toll that this stage can take on those at the centre of the process – the children.
As they try to fit in with a new family though, it may help the youngsters to know that the adults share many of their anxieties. As the programme discovers, both sides are often asking the same, simple question: “Will they like me?”
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