Adoption

[theOperaGhost]

Maybe some of you have read that I was adopted, maybe you haven't. Well I was adopted and know almost nothing at all about my biological parents. All I know is like birthdays and some medical history. I'm not upset about being adopted at all. I don't know if I'd ever want to meet my biological parents, but I know I've got biological siblings and I would like to meet them some day.

Well the whole point of my making this thread is to see what people think about adoption. Are you or do you know anyone who is adopted? If you were adopted, are you happy with that or do you feel rejection or anything? I'd just like to know. Thank you.

[Zephyr]

I think adoption is wonderful!

Last year when I was tutoring third graders, this one girl just spilled her heart out to me about how bad life was with her bilogical family and how happy she was that she had a new family and even said she thought of me like a big sister. It warms my heart to know that adoption does so much good for kids, and in the future when I want kids, I've always wanted to adopt rather than have my own.

I'm not adopted, but my best friend Sarah was adopted by her step mom as her biological mother belongs in the funny farm, and still lives with her step/adoptive mom even after her dad died. She doesn't even think of her biological mother as a mom really even though they keep in contact, her step/adoptive mom basically IS her real mom.

My friend Katrina is also adopted and knows nothing about her biological family and she does very well too. I don't know much else about Katrina seeing as I have just recently started talking to her, but all is very well in her life.

[thesphinx]

Yeah I think it is really cool when people get adopted! my friends parents adopted 2 kids and their like family to them.

[silentc0re]

I think adoption is a really good thing!!!
My friends family had adopted a boy from Romania hes like 15 but when he came from Romania hes was like 1 so he knows how to speak English hes a cool kid i have to admit really smart and stuff...

Im not adopted but i knew a couple kids that are.

[AutumnDae]

I know someone in my grade who adopted a little girl. She's 6, but I don't know any of the details. And a family who has a daughter in my grade are adopting two boys from Haiti, but they aren't sure when they are getting here. I love the idea of adoption. If it was to ever come up that I can't have kids, I would definitely adopt, no doubt about it.

[BeautifulSilence]

My mother was adopted. We have contact with her biological brother and his wife and children. But we see her adoptive family as our biological family, because, well... It's all we've ever known, so it's completely normal for us.

I've thought that adoption is brilliant. Personally, I couldn't see myself putting a child up for adoption (I've always been against abortions and said that even if I became a pregnant teen, I would have the child and raise it) I also wouldn't see myself adopting a child (unless I couldn't concieve) for the simple fact that if I did have my own, I'd be conscious of trying to treat them equally.

However, my friend said that she'd foster a child before having her own... So, what are people's thoughts about fostering???

[redcar]

my friends parents adopted 2 kids and their like family to them.
They are family to them.

I am adopted myself. My real mother and real father are the two people who adopted me. The person I will always call mam, is the women who is asleep in the room next to me, my dad unfortunatly died. As far as I am concerned and will ever be, they are my real parents.

Saying all that doesn't take away the fact that I do have a biological set of parents out there. But to me they are nothing really. They are just people. I have no real desire to meet them or form any contact. Sure why would I? To me they are strangers who have had nothing to do with, but provide some sperm to an egg.

I also have two brothers though, one half and one full brother. That interests me more, but not to the point that I want to go looking or making contact with.

I think adoption is great, but some people do get terribly screwed up about it all.

[Antares]

I think that adoption is a great program. I do feel sad however for the kids that never get around to being adopted. There are not enough parents adoopting. But yeah I wasn't adopted but I do plan on keeping options open in the future. I really feel compelled to help kids that are not able to have there parents and I feel that I would be able to create an enviroment in which they would...be able to grow happily.

[RaisingSand]

I think adoption is a great thing, and Alex pretty much said it all, so I feel no need to add. XD
I knew a guy from school who was adopted, had known about it his entire life and for some reason, really resented his (adoptive) parents, and basically treated them like crap. I remembered this because of how much it annoyed me, I mean, they say don't shit in your own nest, and to me, that was basically what he was doing.
His parents didn't HAVE to adopt him, but they choose to bring him into their family, love him and raise him as their own. Sorry for the rant. >.>

[Kaleidoscope Eyes]

I think adoption is great. I know a kid named Deion who's had a rough life, from an abusive father to a neglectful mother, both with prior drug arrests. He's currently at Casa Pacifica, a home for kids between foster homes and kids who are so emotionally disturbed that they can't be placed in foster care. He's been there since December, after his mom abandoned him, and he was there for three months last year after his dad's arrest. We hope he can find a good home, but he's 12, so it's harder to find a set of foster parents. Most of them want younger kids. He met a prospective foster mom on Friday though, she was allowed to take him off-campus and they were going to hang out for a few hours and get to know each other. If it's a good match, they'll have some supervised visits, and then he'll get to live with her and her family. I really hope that this works out for him. He has emotional problems, due the abuse he's had to live with, but he is a great kid. He just needs a real home and caring parents. Someday, adoption could give him that.

Personally, I want to adopt a kid some day. I want one or two of my own, and then I'll adopt one. I don't think I'd have a problem with treating them differently; a child is a child. If I could, I'd like to be a foster parent at some point too, because I've seen how much it can really be needed. It all depends on the kids I end up having, if they're enough of a handful or they wouldn't be able to handle foster siblings. But it'd be something I'd like to do if I could.

[japanman]

I :heart: Adoption

I was adopted i have known my whole life and my parents still think i may have depression or something but i never regreted it i never asked why i already knew why...
Holly my birth mom has some mental problems and my dad was abusive towards both of us. To save me my mom put me up for adoption ever since i have never seen my real dad but i hate him i hate him so much :mad:
I still see my birth mom holly shes so nice she sends me cards almost every week too see how im doing. My mom she went thourgh so much to find me a home she would stay at the adoption placce all day she would even folo me whenever i wenr with other parents. She just wanted me to have a happy life. :)

So i love adoption without it i would be an abused child most likely.

So when i grow up im getting atleast two foster children. I will look for the one with the worst backround bad parents everything ill take them in and treat them as family b/c they are.

[alicia]

I am totally with adoption.
I think its great. My friend was adopted and she has a good home and loving family.
When someone is put up for adoption, it's only for the best. Sometimes people can't have a baby because of financial problems or perhaps they were abusive.. so it's the best choice for the child.
I myself want to adopt when I get older. :)

[Techno Monster]

I think adoption is a great thing.

[theOperaGhost]

They are family to them.

I am adopted myself. My real mother and real father are the two people who adopted me. The person I will always call mam, is the women who is asleep in the room next to me, my dad unfortunatly died. As far as I am concerned and will ever be, they are my real parents.

Saying all that doesn't take away the fact that I do have a biological set of parents out there. But to me they are nothing really. They are just people. I have no real desire to meet them or form any contact. Sure why would I? To me they are strangers who have had nothing to do with, but provide some sperm to an egg.

I also have two brothers though, one half and one full brother. That interests me more, but not to the point that I want to go looking or making contact with.

I think adoption is great, but some people do get terribly screwed up about it all.

Exactly. My adoptive parents are my real parents. Even if they didn't give birth to me, they've been my parents and taken care of me since I was 2 months old. They're all I've ever known. My whole extended family is great too. I wouldn't want it any other way.

[Camazotz]

As everyone else thinks, I too, think adoption is wonderful. My mom is adopted, and she knew nothing of her biological parents. I doubt she would even want to meet them, she is happy and successful without them. She doesnt care if her adoptive parents arent her bilogical parents, they raised her and treated her like their own.