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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But adopting a child can have a huge financial and emotional toll that many people aren't prepared for, and it has nothing to do with thinking bio is the only acceptable way to go. of course it is not. But adopting is not an easy feat, not by a long shot.

You continue to sound uninformed when you make statements like "There's more to consider than just whether the two parents want more than one child to optimize their own child raising experience." Even if you are correct--what is wrong with having only one child and being the best parent you can be?

Esp. since having siblings is no guarantee of the this multitude of things you promise. I have a 4 year old who is in preschool and has play dates a few times a week. He is learning plenty of conflict resolution.

I grew up with an older brother an younger sister. I am lucky if I talk to them once a year. We just are three different people who don't like each other very much.

So why should I have extra kids, make my parenting experience less, make my child's experience less, when I don't need to? Because you have some half baked idea of how great siblings ALWAYS are?

I love that my child is growing up in a great city with all it has to offer, a wonderful community, and none of the suburban baggage I grew up with.

Different strokes, folks.[/quote]

You don't like your siblings. That's all you needed to say.[/quote]

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