Comments on: Question #7: Heather http://gusparents.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/question-7-heather/ a resource for adoptive parents by adoptees Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:48:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: heathernguyen http://gusparents.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/question-7-heather/#comment-54 heathernguyen Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:31:55 +0000 http://gusparents.wordpress.com/?p=140#comment-54 Yes, that's true. Many Aparents have a slew of issues they need to deal with as parents and as of parents to adoptees. I'm not sure I really understand what you mean by "It's a gamble for the adoptee more than it is for the person adopting." From my point of view, there is no gamble for the adoptee because by its definition, gamble would indicate a choice. There is no choice for the adoptee, which is where one of the major flaws of the whole concept comes into play in the first place. Yes, that’s true. Many Aparents have a slew of issues they need to deal with as parents and as of parents to adoptees.

I’m not sure I really understand what you mean by “It’s a gamble for the adoptee more than it is for the person adopting.” From my point of view, there is no gamble for the adoptee because by its definition, gamble would indicate a choice. There is no choice for the adoptee, which is where one of the major flaws of the whole concept comes into play in the first place.

]]> By: Huh? http://gusparents.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/question-7-heather/#comment-48 Huh? Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:24:29 +0000 http://gusparents.wordpress.com/?p=140#comment-48 "Many adoptees have attachment and emotional issues, for example, even when adopted as an infant. And not all older adoptees will be “delinquents” either. It’s a gamble we take no matter how you choose to become a parent - whether by giving birth, sperm donor, or domestic or international adoption" And many adopters have the same issues and more! It's a gamble for the adoptee more than it is for the person adopting. “Many adoptees have attachment and emotional issues, for example, even when adopted as an infant. And not all older adoptees will be “delinquents” either. It’s a gamble we take no matter how you choose to become a parent – whether by giving birth, sperm donor, or domestic or international adoption”

And many adopters have the same issues and more! It’s a gamble for the adoptee more than it is for the person adopting.

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