The parents who return their adopted children to care

将收养的孩子送回抚养机构的双亲

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2026-11-09

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A crisis in post-adoption support in England is making some adoptive parents feel they have nowhere to turn when things go wrong. Jessica Murray reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • At the time, I thought I was going in prepared, eyes wide open.

  • This is Victoria.

  • Back in 2012, she and her husband had been trying for years to have children, but it wasn't working.

  • We were given the choice of IVF at the hospital, which I decided wasn't, for me, a very personal decision.

  • And I'm glad I made that decision.

  • But we decided that we would look into adopting.

  • She wasn't too fazed by the prospect.

  • I came from a family where my parents had fostered when I was a youngster,

  • so it was an environment I had some familiarity with, being the child in a home that fostered,