Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
Adoption has changed so much. I'm scared.
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="ThreeShadows" data-source="post: 244084" data-attributes="member: 6370"><p>I say to Hades with being easy child! I am sick and tired of being used and abused. I am sick and tired of wondering what I could have done differently to make our boys more honest and successful in life. husband and I were right there in the trenches, raising two weak premies, sleeping 1 1/2hrs, then waking to feed them, staying awake to make sure they didn't choke on their reflux, going back to sleep for 1 1/2 hrs and we did this round the clock. difficult child 2 ALWAYS finds some other "family" to take him in. difficult child 1 uses our home as a flop house, never participates in family life.</p><p></p><p>I have been appalled at this society's opinions and treatment of adoptive parents. These views are not new. I remember watching a TV show about an agency which required desperate childless couples to participate in group "therapy" with a pregnant woman who had to decide who would "get" her baby and announce her reasons for her choosing one couple over the others PUBLICLY IN FRONT OF THEM. I feel this was abusive.</p><p></p><p>I am a human being who has feelings too. I am not a second class citizen just because I was unable to reproduce. Adoption has been around for thousands of years. Why does the media latch on to the horror stories of adoptions gone bad?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThreeShadows, post: 244084, member: 6370"] I say to Hades with being easy child! I am sick and tired of being used and abused. I am sick and tired of wondering what I could have done differently to make our boys more honest and successful in life. husband and I were right there in the trenches, raising two weak premies, sleeping 1 1/2hrs, then waking to feed them, staying awake to make sure they didn't choke on their reflux, going back to sleep for 1 1/2 hrs and we did this round the clock. difficult child 2 ALWAYS finds some other "family" to take him in. difficult child 1 uses our home as a flop house, never participates in family life. I have been appalled at this society's opinions and treatment of adoptive parents. These views are not new. I remember watching a TV show about an agency which required desperate childless couples to participate in group "therapy" with a pregnant woman who had to decide who would "get" her baby and announce her reasons for her choosing one couple over the others PUBLICLY IN FRONT OF THEM. I feel this was abusive. I am a human being who has feelings too. I am not a second class citizen just because I was unable to reproduce. Adoption has been around for thousands of years. Why does the media latch on to the horror stories of adoptions gone bad? [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
Adoption has changed so much. I'm scared.
Top