Lariah, 14, likes crafts

Lariah is a creative girl of African American descent. She enjoys watching TV and doing crafts. She also loves pampering herself and enjoys getting her nails and hair done. She is very strong-willed and can be described as an engaging and happy young woman.

Legally free for adoption, Lariah would do best in a family with a mother and family or a two-mom family with no other children. A single mom would also be considered pending experience working with or parenting children with trauma. 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 positive praise, love, affection, consistency and a structured home life. Her new family will need to help Lariah maintain contact with her siblings as well.

Who can adopt?

Can you provide the guidance, love and stability 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 help connect you with a child or sibling group that your family will be a good match for.

To learn more about adoption from foster care, call the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange at 617964-6273 or go to mareinc.org. The sooner you call, the sooner a waiting child will have “a permanent place to call home.”