I'm confused (not that that isn't my usual state, but....).
Why do some of you feel that Manni is sterotyping all bmoms and OAs? She has consistently written "some", "not all", etc in her posts. What she's getting worked up about is when she feels people aren't listening to what she's saying, specifically the "some", "not all", etc that prefaces so many of her statements. Every time she says "some" bparents overstep or "some" OAs aren't healthy, somebody posts about how that's not true of them or the birthparents they know or that she's just plain wrong. But Manni isn't saying ALL anything. She's only saying SOME OA's can be negative and that factors into the decision(s) she makes as a parent.
I guess, to me, a parent looking at ALL the facts and then making a decision based on what they feel they can handle is just good parenting.
