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Parent #1
Full Name: Lucie Barbara {Parker} Leighton
Age: 37
Occupation: Author
Bio: Lucie is very caring, loving and maternal though unfortunately she can't carry babies to full term herself. She is trained as a primary school teacher but gave that up to become a full-time mum to baby Parker and since then has rekindled her passion for writing that she has had since a teenager. Lucie now works from home as an author and has had two books published in the past three years while she works on a third. Other hobbies Lucie loves include cooking, picnicking, reading, cinema visits (or watching movies in general), boxing and yoga.

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Parent #2
Full Name: Henry Joseph Leighton
Age: 40
Occupation: Senior Lecturer - Oxford University
Bio: Henry is passionate about research and moving practices forward in his specialist field of occupational psychology. He tries to be as hand-on a dad as possible but his job means he is often away research in other areas of the country or even giving seminars abroad. When he is around he enjoys watching football with Parker on the television and hopes to take him to live matches and get him into a junior team. Henry loves taking his family to the cinema and treating them to meals and days out spent together.

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Children
Full Name: Parker Henry Elliot Leighton
Age: 4
Bio: Parker was born four years ago to Lucie's sister Ellie who acted as a surrogate with Lucie's egg and Henry's sperm. Parker understands he is special but doesn't quite yet know how special he is. He is going to start school soon but for now enjoys playing both at home and nursery, he especially enjoys colouring and drawing, reading and making a mess in the sand and water boxes.

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Family language(s): English
Family nationality (or nationalities): British
Family religion(s): None
Family location: Oxfordshire, England

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ADOPTION

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Number preference (maximum 4): 2-4
Age preference: 2yrs+
Gender preference: either
Nationality preference: British
Language preference: English
Religion preference: no preference
Would you accept/prefer:
-siblings? Yes
-multiples? Yes
-children with disabilities or illnesses? The family are accepting of children with learning delays or behavioural, social and emotional needs due to their past. The family would also consider children with impairments (Lucie knows some sign language and is teaching Parker). The family feel they are not right for a terminally ill child.
-pregnant teenagers? No
-children with teenage parents? Yes
-an open adoption (communication with birth parents) or closed adoption (parents are not involved because of death, prison, lack of interest, etc.)? no preference

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