Tower Hamlets

These days very few children are given up for adoption by their parents at birth. Instead, the majority of children who need new families need them because of concerns about the parenting they have received previously. Through experiences of neglect, abuse or drug/alcohol dependencies in their early lives, or extended periods in the care of Social Services, the development of children and young people may have been affected.

These children need a loving family in the way that all children do. They also need a level of understanding, reassurance, patience and commitment over and above children who have not had such early instability.

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