Article: Quiet Rodney likes listening to music, watching Bears play

Rodney, 13, has brown eyes and a slender build.

He is a reserved child who gets along better with adults and older teens than youngsters his own age.

Rodney is always polite and can be hard on himself when he thinks he has failed.

His interests include swimming, drawing and music.

He enjoys listening to pop and rock music and can copy pictures he sees in books.

During the football season, Rodney watches the Bears on television and knows all the players' names. He would like a father who would take him to football games.

Since 1983, Rodney has lived with foster parents who have been like grandparents to him (he calls them Grandma and Grandpa), but he does want to be adopted.

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