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[quote=Anonymous]The adoptive parents have already sacrificed a lot and will no doubt sacrifice more. I think they are entitled to having wants and needs, which they will balance against their childrens' wants and needs just like the rest of us. No good comes from expecting parents (biological or not) to be perfectly selfless at all times. They're human. Surely most of us still love our parents and are grateful to them for the things they've done for us, even if there were also things we really wish they hadn't. I do think that changing a 7-year-old's name and depriving her of a chance to retain her language and culture, in an area where doing so poses no great hardship and could enrich the lives of the entire family, is needlessly cruel and closed-minded. But if this is the only parenting mistake they ever make, they will still be doing better than many parents out there. [/quote]
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