•If siblings are to be placed together, the family must have the capacity to care
for them.
•The family wants the child and is able to accept his/her differences from
themselves as well as any known social or medical problems the child has or is in his/her
background.
•The family can accept positive or negative feelings that the child may have about
his/her background and past relationships.
•The family can accept that some aspects of his/her personality will not change.
