Is there such thing as a typical birth mother?

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Is there such thing as a typical birth mother?

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A typical birth mother, it is a little hard to describe that but I would say that a typical birth mom is usually in her 20s. Sometimes birth mothers are younger than that and sometimes they are older than that, up to even the age of 40 or so. But typically they are in their 20s. Many of them have other children and they are just not prepared to handle another child. Others are it is their first child and they are just not ready to be a parent. And whatever the situation is, all those birth moms are just looking for the best possible home for their child.

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Felice Webster has been an Adoption Attorney for over 25 years. It is her privilege to help families come together by adoption, both in independent, stepparent, foster parent, and adult adoptions as well as in re-adoptions of internationally adopted children. She is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and the Academy of California Adoption Lawyers. She enjoys being a frequent speaker on adoption and dependency law at adoption seminars and for foster parent agencies. Felice has been married for over 35 years and has two kids.

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