Many times when someone asks a question about adopting or placing their child for adoption there are a lot of answers that say how wonderful and selfless the person is.
Why do people think adoption is so great?
If you think it is great, what is your connection to adoption?

I’m doing a research paper on discipline so I just want to see if anybody has some honest answers for me that I might be able to use for my paper. And also were you emotionally, verbally, sexually, or physically abused as a child?

I’m really interested what others think about this celebrity adoption trend. Starts are adopting from different countries and cultures, and almost non of the children will learn anything about their origins and traditions. Of course, in some cases they will, e.g. the Jolie-Pitts celebrate every important occasions /they have adopted babies from Cambodia, Vietnam and Ethiopia if I know well/ of the countries they adopted from. I think they do it right. I’m personally not against this celebrity adoption, as rich and famous give a better life to these orphans. Now, what are your thoughts?

Espeically having to deal with exercise and proper diet. Come on it’s disgusting when you see a mom who’s sorry for the metaphor but as big as a blimp and the child is the same way! It’s horrible! Also, in middle schools such as in Oregon schools should be required too have PE everyday!

I’m in a parent/child development class and in November, we’re doing a baby project. For this, we get a mechanical baby that cries every three to four hours and we have to hold a key in their back for about 10-15 minutes, to symbolize feeding them. We get the babies for five days, over night and over a weekend. We also have to take them to classes, when the teachers allow it. I cannot wait until we get to do this project, it’s most of the reason I wanted to take this class.
Anyway, just wondering your thoughts on the project and if you think it’s a good idea.
Oh, and btw, I’m a senior in high school, the class is open to ninth-twelfth, I think.

I do because no precious child needs some pervert, abuser, or financially unstable person to be parenting them. If you think this is like the “morality police”, guess what? Some idiots are so stupid and disgusting that they need to be policed morally. CHILD ABUSE IS MY BUSINESS, and should be everyone’s business. If people can’t take care of their children properly, they do not deserve to have them. That’s my belief and I’m stickin to it.

What do you think of parenting today? (rather than a simple opinion, try and back it up solidly please) How does it fail and how does it succeed?

Say for example, the agency was a shady adoption agency doing something illegal or the adoption wasn’t ethical such as the biological father’s permission wasn’t obtained, and one of the bio parents wants the child back, should they return the child without protest?
I’ve seen cases like this in the media, and the AP’s fought it and dragged the case out in court for years. What do you think the right thing to do would be?

To be more specific, what do you think are the four most important part in parenting a toddler? I know the most important thing is – love but other than this. For example, is Nutrition important? What else? Thanks for your help!
xx. [B]wendii[E]

There is nothing fake about me and my very real family or my very real adoptive son, or the very real love and support me husband and me gives to all of our children. So why then would someone say that adoption erases a child’s identity and replaces it with a fake one?