with her wherever she goes. reporter: elizabeth has noticed the toddler is getting increasingly upset at times. she s starting to hit a lot and get angry a lot at little things. but what we ve heard from some of the other families is that a lot of the other kids, six months late he are starting to act out and kind of in their own way say, i gotta tell you this terrible thing that happened to me when i was in haiti. reporter: when the quake struck, part of jenna s orphanage collapsed. it s impossible to characterize how the trauma of the earthquake will affect children as they grow up. acting out is not the least bit unusual. nevertheless for parents like elizabeth, this is a very trying time. i have a ph.d. in child development and i m not prepared. i love her, and we re going to be great. but it s like i said, it s
struck, part of jenna s orphanage collapsed. it s impossible to characterize how the trauma of the earthquake will affect children as they grow up. acting out is not the least bit unusual. nevertheless for parents like elizabeth, this is a very trying time. i have a ph.d. in child development and i m not prepared. i love her, and we re going to be great. but it s like i said, it s unchartered territory. reporter: elizabeth met jenna a year and a half before the quake. and started the paperwork to adopt her. she was elated when she saw our story on the collapse of the orphanage. the decision has been made to
acting out is not the least bit unusual. nevertheless, for parents like elizabeth, this is a very trying time. i have a ph.d. in child development and i m not prepared. i m proud to say i m not prepared to help her. i love her and we re going to be great. but like i said, it s uncharted territories. reporter: elizabeth met jenna a year and a half before the quake. she fell in love with her and began the adoption process. but when the quake hit and communications ceased, she feared the worst. so she was stunned and elated when she was watching cnn and saw this story we were doing on a damaged orphanage. there are fears the rest of the orphanage could collapse. the decision has been made to leave these kids outside. sitting on my lap by coincidence was jenna. many adoptions started getting expedited and jenna was flown on
later, are starting to act out. and kind of in their own way say, i gotta tell you this terrible thing that happened to me when i was in haiti. reporter: when the quake struck, part of jenna s orphanage collapsed. the rest left unstable. so jenna and the other kids had to sleep outside. it s impossible to characterize how the trauma of the earthquake will affect children as they grow up. acting out is not the least bit unusual. nevertheless for parents like elizabeth, this is a very trying time. i have a ph.d. in child development and i m not prepared. i m proud to say i m not prepared, to help her. i love her, and we re going to be great. but it s like i said, it s unchartered territory. reporter: elizabeth met jenna a year and a half before the quake. she fell in love with her, and began the adoption process. when the quake hit she feared the worst. she was elated when she saw our story on the collapse of the