When my kids hit the teen years I found myself wondering if there was a way to return a biological child.
I have told more than one teenager, that when they are teens and act awful is why some species eat their young.
The youth pastor from my church adopted two little girls from China. They are absolutely adorable. The oldest one is now 6 or 7. She is so cute and so loving. The youngest one must now be 5 and she is too cute. The couple has several older biological child as well. The whole family treat the adopted children just like the biological children.
One way to “adopt” a foreign child is to host a foreign exchange student for a school year. The bad news is that they are teenagers so some of them can be a challenge, but they do go home after one year. Some of them are an absolute joy, so it is very hard when they do go back home. I kept trying to send my biological son “back” to Germany while keeping my exchange student, but alas, that was not to be. I don’t get it, I thought that it was an exchange! LOL