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Old 07-19-2001, 07:36 AM
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Re: Another Adoption question

Originally Posted By NicksterMommy

I can't speak for other adoptive parents, but I am not AT ALL offended when people ask questions. Just the opposite -- I enjoy talking about it, particularly for the educational value. So many people assume that birthmothers are 16-year-old girls who got PG at the prom, and that is such an inaccurate assumption. And MANY people ask me how a woman could place a baby for adoption. I always respond that, in my son's case, the birthfather was no longer in the picture, and the birthmother loved him enough to want him to grow up in a two-parent home. I also say that she loved him enough to give him life and to give him what she believed was best for him DESPITE the personal emotional cost to herself. I wish adoptive parents would be more open about answering questions about adoption. I think it is healthiest for the child.
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