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Hi,Just need some advice about our BD. She is 16 and we have just found out that she has been engaging in some quite dangerous risky behaviour, involving meeting much older men (in their 60s), that she has met through the internet. We think that her relationship with her own dad (who is not involved with her at all and has another daughter and another on the way with his wife) is contributing to her low self esteem and feelings of anger. BD is very close to my partner and says he is the father she has never had. We have got her a referral to CAMHs, the police are involved and it has been referred to Social Services. We are coping with that and think getting her all the help she needs etc is the right thing to do.This has all come at the beginning of our adoption journey and so now we are thinking that maybe we should stop the process. I am getting to the point where if it doesnt look like its going to happen in the next few years then I would want to accept that we will never have children together. I can see that SWs would question my ability to parent when I cant seem to be able to fulfill the needs of my own BD.Any advice about how our current situation would affect our chances of adoption would be appreciated.x