A parent is to a child as sheep is to a lamb. A divine trust is placed in parents. Therefore God has a special interest in guiding them as is shown in this poem by C. C. Miller, "The Echo":

Twas a sheep, not a lamb, that strayed away in the parable Jesus told,
A grown up sheep that strayed away from the ninety and nine in the fold.
And why for the sheep should we seek, and earnestly hope and pray?
Because there is danger when the sheep go wrong; they lead the lambs astray.
Lambs will follow the sheep, you know, where ever the sheep may stray.
When sheep go wrong, it won't take long til the lambs are as wrong as they.
And so for the sheep we earnestly plead for the sake of the lambs today,
For when the sheep are lost, what a terrible cost the lambs will have to pay.

The little ones are special gifts to us, and to give a little one a home is an amazing way of inviting God into our lives. May God bless those who have adopted a little one, and especially a special needs child!