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The parents who return their adopted children to care – podcast
UK News•November 9, 2026 at 3:00 AMNational

The parents who return their adopted children to care – podcast

By Presented by Helen Pidd with Jessica Murray; produced by Ivor Manley ; executive producer Eli Block•The Guardian - UK News

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 reportsIn 2013, Victoria adopted two young children, a brother and a sister. At first everything seemed to be going well. But as he grew older, her son’s behaviour became increasingly extreme.‘I was not in any way, shape or form prepared for the significant level of trauma that the two children that I adopted were dealing with,’ she told Helen Pidd.If you are struggling with an adoption, the support group Patch offers help Continue reading...

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

In 2013, Victoria adopted two young children, a brother and a sister. At first everything seemed to be going well. But as he grew older, her son’s behaviour became increasingly extreme.

‘I was not in any way, shape or form prepared for the significant level of trauma that the two children that I adopted were dealing with,’ she told Helen Pidd.

If you are struggling with an adoption, the support group Patch offers help

Continue reading...

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