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To attach or not? …the burning question

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Cas O'Neill
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Abstract

This article explores the difficulties and joys of older child adoption. While many children and their families grow towards a secure attachment over months or years, this will probably never be of the same intensity as that between parents and their biological children. For some families, the role of loving caretakers may be the best possible outcome for a child with attachment difficulties.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , 1994 , pp. 15 - 17
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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