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What is your read on the statement “Consider adoption, a loving alternative to parenting.”?

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
grapesgum asked:


I happened across a WEB site for an adoption agency that seemed reasonable until came across this statement on the information page for pregnant women considering adoption:

“Consider adoption, a loving alternative to parenting.”

I have seen adoption advertised as a loving alternative to abortion but I have never seen it advertised as a loving alternative to parenting.

Has anyone else seen this before? What is your take on this? Is parenting a non-loving option?

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If Adoptive Parents Do a Good Enough Job of Parenting?

Monday, April 14th, 2008
Heather B asked:


Does that mean an adoptee will not search?

I ask this because adoptees who have not felt the need to search keep affirming what a wonderful upbringing they had.

Do people see searching adoptees as people who are dissatisfied with their adoptive families?

(personally I had a great upbringing; but I still search; just trying to understand how people think)

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What is your parenting philosophy when asked by adoption agencies?

Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Snoopy asked:


My husband and I are in the middle of adopting from Russia. We are asked what is are parenting philosophy. For those of you who have been through the process what did you write down.

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