Lariah, 12, likes crafts
Lariah is a lively 12-year-old girl of African-American descent. She enjoys watching TV and doing crafts. She loves pampering, like getting her nails or hair done. Lariah will be entering the sixth grade. She can be strong-willed at times, but is engaging and happy. In 2013,
Lariah was severely scalded and burned on her legs and feet.
She will need yearly specialist visits and daily creaming and massaging to the affected areas. She also has seasonal allergies and is allergic to all animal dander and fur.
Ready for adoption, Lariah would do best in a two-parent home, with either a mother and father or mother and mother. She would do best with no other children in the home. A single-mom family would also be considered pending experience with children. Her new family should have knowledge of or be willing to learn about Lariah’s culture, including foods and personal care. In addition, Lariah needs praise, affection, consistency and a structured home life. Her new family will need to help Lariah maintain contact with her siblings.
Who can adopt?
Can you provide the guidance, love and stability that a child needs? If you’re at least 18 years old, have a stable source of income and room in your heart, you may be a perfect match to adopt a waiting child. Adoptive parents can be single, married or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ singles and couples.
The process to adopt a child from foster care requires training, interviews and home visits to determine if adoption is right for you, and if so, to connect you with the right child or sibling group.
To learn more about adoption from foster care, call the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange at 617-964-6273 or go to mareinc. org. The sooner you call, the sooner a waiting child will have “a permanent place to call home.”