Comments on: What Adoption Usually Looks Like

By: swirlingnotions

swirlingnotions — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:04:49 +0000

“adoption is not an act of rescue or of charity any more than having a child biologically is”

Thank you for recognizing this Kate. You’d be amazed how many people look at me and my daughter with pity in their eyes and say, “she’s so lucky to have you.” I just kiss her forehead and smile. “No,” I say in response. “I’m so lucky to have her.”

The reasons people adopt are as varied as the reasons people opt to have biological children, yet oftentimes our motivations are reduced to a single dimensions in other’s eyes.

Thanks, too, for stopping by swirlingnotions! It’s great to be able to share a bit of our family’s story with everyone there.

Cheers,
Lia

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Holly's Corner Blog — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:15:29 +0000

Dang It…He WAS Right!…

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By: kbaggott

kbaggott — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:01:05 +0000

Karen, I’m not sure what the situation is from each US state to state, but I’ve always heard that most kids in foster care are not available for adoption. The kids who “grow up in the system, boucing from home to home” are really not the norm. Most are in care for short periods of time while their parents either get their lives together. Or, you know, get out of jail.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:57:03 +0000

Wow, I need to watch more tv I guess. I heard something about Madonna and a new child, but didn’t know she adopted. I don’t know the whole situation, so I can’t comment on Madonna’s story, but in general I don’t see anything wrong with international adoption. I know foster kids here have a rough time, but some kids in other countries are living on the streets and digging in the landfill for their meals. This happens in places like Venezuela. A friend of our family just adopted a little girl from Guatemala. They said they didn’t want a child from the U.S. because they didn’t want the mom changing her mind or suing to get her child back after the adoption was complete. Unfortunately, these kinds of scenarios that the courts have allowed discourage people from adopting within the U.S.