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22 year old daughter with-1year old child is homeless.
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 719104" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Precious, i am beginning to see that providing them with good homes has little to nothing to do with addiction. They have a stronger force in DNA and peers outweigh us starting in the teen years. Even pre teen. If we were very young, say, and had a child with a boy who has addiction in the family....that boy makes up 50% of our childs DNA. If Uncle Joe in our family was an alcoholic, our kid may have picked up some of that DNA.</p><p></p><p>As most adoptive parents find out, we can love them to death and raise them in our hearts, but DNA still matters. A lot. They are likely to become like their birthparents, either a little or a lot.</p><p></p><p>I think ALL the parents here did a good job; laid a loving foundation. But love alone does not shape our kids. That is why we can have three kids who are all very different. They have their own paths and in the end it is truly THEIR path. Not ours. Not due to upbringing. That is what puzzles us so much. One plus one does not equal two regarding people.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 719104, member: 1550"] Precious, i am beginning to see that providing them with good homes has little to nothing to do with addiction. They have a stronger force in DNA and peers outweigh us starting in the teen years. Even pre teen. If we were very young, say, and had a child with a boy who has addiction in the family....that boy makes up 50% of our childs DNA. If Uncle Joe in our family was an alcoholic, our kid may have picked up some of that DNA. As most adoptive parents find out, we can love them to death and raise them in our hearts, but DNA still matters. A lot. They are likely to become like their birthparents, either a little or a lot. I think ALL the parents here did a good job; laid a loving foundation. But love alone does not shape our kids. That is why we can have three kids who are all very different. They have their own paths and in the end it is truly THEIR path. Not ours. Not due to upbringing. That is what puzzles us so much. One plus one does not equal two regarding people. [/QUOTE]
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