“It is a good 90 degrees difference,” Emma Casselton said of fostering and adopting children from troubled backgrounds compared to raising children in a loving home from the very beginning.

“If you’re a patient, loving parent, and you’re doing all of the nurturing things and this child is bonding with you because you’re consistent, it’s huge compared to a child … who has had all of that interrupted.” she said.

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