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Old 08-29-2006, 03:20 PM
ChristieS ChristieS is offline
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Double standard

And another HERE HERE!! YES! It is exactly like this.

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Originally Posted by RiverGal
Now...when an adoptive family is faced with the same situation because a member of their child's biological family is exhibiting damaging behavior which could be/is detrimental to the child, they are often not treated with the same understanding. If they talk of stopping contact, they are often told how unfair and hard-hearted they are being.

Why is this? Why is it okay to distance oneself from a parent in a bio family but not in an adoptive family? I just don't get it.

It's too easy to uphold one set of standards for a biological family and a whole separate set for an adoptive family.
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