Risk Factors:  Moms Changing Minds About Placing

From:  "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption"

The birthmother is under age 17.
She has no immediate or future career/life plans.
She lives in a big city.
She was brought up by a single mom.
She is non-religious.
Her mom disapproves of adoption.
She lives with her parents.
She is a high school dropout.
Her mother or father have no education beyond high school.
She has friends who are single parenting and urging her to do the same.
She has a very difficult delivery of her child.

It's not at all fool-proof and won't apply to every situation!  Please do not assume that if the mom you are working with has several of these issues that she will not place.  You never know, but moms with these factors tend to parent more often.

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