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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my opinion, adoption is trauma, for the mother and the child, at least the way it was practiced in the 1920s-1970s, conservatively. I have a father and husband who were adopted. Maybe the trauma gets balanced out in some cases. But there is trauma.

Some people have this crazy idea of adoption that they "save" a poor infant. There are some stories like that. But mostly, for the majority of recent past, young women were forced into giving up babies they loved to people who were better positioned. Babies as commodity. And now, you barely get a baby unless you hire someone to gestate for you.

Today it's hard to adopt an infant, but easier to adopt an older child who comes  with emotional problems, special needs, etc. Those kids are waiting for homes while most prospective adoptive parents want a perfect infant.

I feel bad for people who want to adopt and are waiting. But not sure I could make the same choice. I respect you for it, if you understand the trauma and are not in a fantasy world of creating a family without considering what went on before.

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So to summarize, you were not adopted yourself, and you are not a parent by adoption.  Are you a social worker?  Or an adoption attorney?  Have you ever thought to ask yourself whether you're qualified to tell others about adoption?  Lots of people have opinions about adoption, some strongly held, but without actual experience to fall back on, they are simply opinions.[/quote]

You are triggered by a post that literally begins with "In my opinion." However, all you need to do is google the words "adoption" and "trauma," and you'll see that what I've said here isn't even really all that controversial. There IS trauma in adoption. Can it be overcome? Sure. Is it overcome, most of the time? I don't know. And here comes another opinion: If you're the kind of person who can't broach the idea that there is trauma in adoption, or can't hear anything negative about adoption without becoming defensive, you probably shouldn't adopt. My opinions are informed by my close relationships with two people who were adopted, and a lot of reading on the subject.

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Funny you are basing your opinions on googling and two people.  You have no clue.  [/quote]

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