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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Area adult adoptees saying they would rather not be adopted and stay in an orphanage? [/quote]

It is wrong to suggest that adopted kids should feel more grateful than bio-kids. They just got parents to raise them, which is what all kids deserve.

I am one of the parents who posted a success story earlier.   I am still very grateful for the training I got (intensive, from Catholic Charities, local agency in Baltimore) about what to expect and how to handle issues that were likely to come up for my child.

I also attended CASE's Wise up program, and have been to panels of adopted kids (who were grown).  We also spent years blending my child's birth culture into our traditions. All of this training was excellent and MAY have helped prevent problems experienced by others we know who adopted their children. Or, it was luck of the draw. Or some combination.

So I am not saying that kids who came into the family don't have needs you should be sensitive to. But I am saying that a negative expectation or stereotype is wrong to impose on all adopted kids. And again, the problems often stem from early exposures/environments, not being adopted. [/quote]

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