Today's Child
NORMAN 2 years
is an active, contented, smiley little boy who has a zest for life. He has Fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition that causes developmental problems, and he is significantly behind in all areas of his development. However, Norman is making excellent progress and has developed a mischievous character! Needing: adoption
Welcome to Be My Parent
We are a family-finding service for children in the UK who need an adoptive or permanent foster family. Be My Parent is run by the British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF), and has a website and monthly newspaper with feature articles.
To use our website to search for children needing adopting or fostering, and to make enquiries, families must subscribe first. Agencies wanting to use the service need to contact us to get set up.
Agencies can also use the online system to refer children to the website and/or the newspaper.
More about Be My Parent...
Quick links 
- Read our feature articles all about adoption or permanent fostering
- New to Be My Parent? Not sure how some things work? Try our FAQs
- How to make an enquiry about a child in Be My Parent
- Is adoption or permanent fostering for you? Try our quiz or read our adoption and fostering FAQs
- Agencies: Download our referral forms:
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