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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think parents who adopt are second class parents?[/quote]

No, but they are not the same as having their own biological children. I had someone tell me that he adopted his wife’s child but when his own came along, it was different. Sorry, it is just that way. [/quote]

100% wrong, based upon the parents I know who have both biological children and children who came into their families through adoption.

Your friend sounds like a defective father. I feel bad for all of his children.[/quote]
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My cousin married a woman with kids from a previous marriage, and they then had a child together.  He loves all three to pieces and doesn't draw a distinction based on whose genetic material they share.  I do think that it can matter whether the other parent is still alive, because it can just be harder for a step-parent to inhabit the parent role if the child still has two living, involved parents.  But if you think that a parent can't love their non-biological children just as much as biological children, that's a defect in you and your imagination, not an actual fact.   [/quote]

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