INTRODUCING
MICHAEL & MARY JO...NEW YORK
Michael (55) is an Engineering Manager and Mary Jo (56) is a Homemaker.
Michael and Mary Jo have 30 children, 7 Biological and 23 adopted, (21
children still live at home) Mary always wanted a large family and so
did Michael. They have had 7 healthy babies and they don’t feel that it
is fair to the other people who want healthy babies to wait in line for
healthy children. They only adopt hard to place children because they
truly enjoy uncovering the child/ren potential. Michael and Mary are
particularly interested in adopting children that have been in the
system for a while, focusing in on sibling groups and children with
physical challenges. They have a wonderful, fun, happy family where
everyone is validated as an individual and is encouraged to be as much
as he/she can be. Michael and Mary Jo have a strong marriage, good
support from their church and community. The Jackson’s like to do things
as a family – go places, watch movies, play together. They also eat
dinner together every single night and also go to church as a family.
Michael and Mary make time for each child individually. They have a good
handle on what interventions work for each particular child and how to
be “fair” with each.
Michael and Mary Jo would like to adopt
any number of either male or female children of any race between the
ages of 0 to 12. They feel capable of accepting the following
conditions: ADD, ADHD, adjustment disorder, anxiety disorder, asthma,
attachment disorder, autism, bipolar, blind, cerebral palsy mild to
moderate, deaf, depression, developmental delays, diabetes, down
syndrome, drug exposed, eating disorders, mild to moderate emotional,
enuresis, epilepsy, failure to thrive, fetal alcohol syndrome, heart
murmur, hydrocephalic, hyperactivity, learning disability, mild to
moderate mental retardation, microcepalic, missing limbs, mood disorder,
muscular dystrophy, non-ambulatory, non-verbal, obsessive compulsive
disorder, physically abused, PTSD, reactive attachment disorder (RAD),
scoliosis, seizures, self abusive, shaken baby syndrome, sickle cell,
spina bifida, tourette syndrome and trach,.
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