The Adoption Party

Lives in a Landscape by BBC

Aug 17, 201527:15Society & Culture

In the last few years, 'adoption activity days' have gathered momentum in the UK, where children waiting to be adopted meet prospective adoptive parents at a party. The children are often 'hard to place,' either because...

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