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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 397603"><p>Dash,</p><p></p><p>I don't know about you but I had no sense when we adopted our son the kinds of potential issues adoption would bring. I did understand about the loss of adoption but I think I really thought with the openess, the letters from his birth mom, etc. that it would help a lot of the adoption issues. And I am sure it does..... but it doesn't solve them. I think before we adopted our son I really felt that nurture would trump nature, and that with enough love it would all be ok. I figured out pretty early on that nature had a much bigger role than I thought. LOL. Both my kids are adopted and yet they are so different in how they react to life, and to the adoption issues. </p><p></p><p>I have just been struck by the statistics on kids in various troubled teen type programs. The percentage of kids who were adopted in those programs is like 30%, whereas the number of kids adopted in this country each year is like 1 to 2 %. That is a huge difference and just goes to show that adoption is a big issue for teens... not necessarily for all but it is an issue. </p><p></p><p>I just had no idea about that when we adopted our kids. I am not sure that knowing that would have made any difference at all along the way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 397603"] Dash, I don't know about you but I had no sense when we adopted our son the kinds of potential issues adoption would bring. I did understand about the loss of adoption but I think I really thought with the openess, the letters from his birth mom, etc. that it would help a lot of the adoption issues. And I am sure it does..... but it doesn't solve them. I think before we adopted our son I really felt that nurture would trump nature, and that with enough love it would all be ok. I figured out pretty early on that nature had a much bigger role than I thought. LOL. Both my kids are adopted and yet they are so different in how they react to life, and to the adoption issues. I have just been struck by the statistics on kids in various troubled teen type programs. The percentage of kids who were adopted in those programs is like 30%, whereas the number of kids adopted in this country each year is like 1 to 2 %. That is a huge difference and just goes to show that adoption is a big issue for teens... not necessarily for all but it is an issue. I just had no idea about that when we adopted our kids. I am not sure that knowing that would have made any difference at all along the way. [/QUOTE]
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