Some things to keep in mind before adopting...
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Ok I hear this all the time"were gonna adopt and 1 happy family!!!" It doesn't work like that!!! If you have kids and thinking of adopting a say 7year old Listen to them make sure their happy with this!!! My mom pressured me let a 8year old come live with us!!! Worst mistake ever!!! I told my mom no I didn't want to please don't!!! She said"Lets try it for 3 months" I did I was so unhappy!!! Donna hit me!!!, She stomped on my Ipod!!! Stole mystuff!!! And was always in trouble so mom was never happy with me even though I never did anything wrong!!!!
Please this is a hard decision!!! Please listen to your kids first!!! (Oh a year later we still have Donna!!! My broke her promise!!!)