Most people still want to adopt babies, healthy babies. Little interest in children over three. I've never understood why, I mean a diaper free child would be perfect.
When a child over three is available for adoption in the US, it's almost always because s/he has been subjected to severe abuse and/or neglect. Dealing with the effects of that (often permanent) is a whole lot worse than changing diapers for a while. I applaud those who are willing to take it on, as long as they're doing it with a realistic idea of what they're getting into. I think it's extremely unwise to do if there are other young children already in the home, or if there's still a possibility of the parents having a baby of their own. Some of these horribly damaged kids have grown up to do horrible things to their adoptive parents and siblings.
"Most people still want to adopt babies, healthy babies. Little interest in children over three. I've never understood why, I mean a diaper free child would be perfect."
People want to be able to mold kids as their own. By the age f four or five, a lot of the molding that will determine much of a child's personality and future as an adult has already been done.