Do you need lots of childcare experience to adopt or foster?

Not necessarily - agencies are happy to train up the right people

No, anyone can apply - they're desperate for foster carers and adopters!

Yes, looked after children need really expert, experienced care

Do you need to be married to adopt or foster?

Yes

I'm not sure

No

My partner smokes: can we still adopt or foster a child?

I don’t see why not!

Of course not

It will be an issue during the assessment, but depends on other factors too

There’s no upper age limit to becoming an adopter…

True – you can be any age

False – everyone knows you can be ‘too old’ to have a child!

It’s probably not as clear as all this…

Do you need to own your house to foster or adopt?

Yes

I'm not sure

No

Can you adopt or foster even if you have a criminal record?

No

I'm not sure

Yes

Will a white family be considered for a black child?

Of course, there are so many children waiting!

No, black children are better off with black families

Maybe, if they have strong links to the black community

What is the ‘success rate’ of adoption, in terms of children staying permanently with the families who adopt them?

50 per cent

80 per cent

20 per cent

What was the average age, in 2009, that a child was adopted?

13 months old

Three years and nine months

Six years and four months

All children these days have contact with their birth family, even once they’ve been adopted or permanently fostered

False – some children may benefit from contact with their birth family, but not all

False – the law makes sure that the children can’t see their birth family once this happens

True – the law says that children must continue to have contact with their birth family