Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Adoption means that parental rights are terminated. The placement is permanent.
Open adoption means some contact with bio family. The bio family is not part of the picture, but they have some contact. This contact can and does come to an end sometime.
Adoption is never co-parenting. Bio parents are not involved in the child's life.
It depends on the adoption.
Anonymous wrote:Adoption means that parental rights are terminated. The placement is permanent.
Open adoption means some contact with bio family. The bio family is not part of the picture, but they have some contact. This contact can and does come to an end sometime.
Adoption is never co-parenting. Bio parents are not involved in the child's life.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Of course you can do it! Ditch him, have him sign away his rights and be free of him. Raise your child in a loving environment.
It still messes a child up to have one parent who didn't want them. That is written in your bones and never, ever goes away.
Yes. I wonder if putting up for adoption is better vs. worse than growing up with an emotionally unavailable father or no father. I don't know. I'm so sorry OP you are faced with this.
Adopted parents divorce as well
I know one family that adopted 2, divorced and the adoptive father got kids of his own from the new wife. No contact with ones he adopted
NP and you have to consider the statistical odds though. Here, perhaps (?) a 100% odds of an uninvolved father vs. whatever the odds of an uninvolved father in the case of an adoption situation. There's no guarantees in life but it seems like in the adoption situation the odds of having involved parents are significantly higher.
At the same time, you could be married in a few years and have your new spouse as an involved parent
An adoptee has 100% uninvolved bio parents
Oh honey, absolutely not true. Absolutely NOT true in our home.
Not in yours. It does happen.
People marry people with kids
I think PP was referring to the uninvolved bio parents. Many families have open adoptions where the Bio parents are very involved, or later become involved when the adoptee seeks them out. Like many types of families, these Types of arrangements are flexible.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Of course you can do it! Ditch him, have him sign away his rights and be free of him. Raise your child in a loving environment.
It still messes a child up to have one parent who didn't want them. That is written in your bones and never, ever goes away.
Yes. I wonder if putting up for adoption is better vs. worse than growing up with an emotionally unavailable father or no father. I don't know. I'm so sorry OP you are faced with this.
Adopted parents divorce as well
I know one family that adopted 2, divorced and the adoptive father got kids of his own from the new wife. No contact with ones he adopted
NP and you have to consider the statistical odds though. Here, perhaps (?) a 100% odds of an uninvolved father vs. whatever the odds of an uninvolved father in the case of an adoption situation. There's no guarantees in life but it seems like in the adoption situation the odds of having involved parents are significantly higher.
At the same time, you could be married in a few years and have your new spouse as an involved parent
An adoptee has 100% uninvolved bio parents
Oh honey, absolutely not true. Absolutely NOT true in our home.
Are you seriously thinking about fixing single parenthood with infant adoption?
Adoption is not co-parenting.
Not in yours. It does happen.
People marry people with kids
I think PP was referring to the uninvolved bio parents. Many families have open adoptions where the Bio parents are very involved, or later become involved when the adoptee seeks them out. Like many types of families, these Types of arrangements are flexible.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Of course you can do it! Ditch him, have him sign away his rights and be free of him. Raise your child in a loving environment.
It still messes a child up to have one parent who didn't want them. That is written in your bones and never, ever goes away.
Yes. I wonder if putting up for adoption is better vs. worse than growing up with an emotionally unavailable father or no father. I don't know. I'm so sorry OP you are faced with this.
Adopted parents divorce as well
I know one family that adopted 2, divorced and the adoptive father got kids of his own from the new wife. No contact with ones he adopted
NP and you have to consider the statistical odds though. Here, perhaps (?) a 100% odds of an uninvolved father vs. whatever the odds of an uninvolved father in the case of an adoption situation. There's no guarantees in life but it seems like in the adoption situation the odds of having involved parents are significantly higher.
At the same time, you could be married in a few years and have your new spouse as an involved parent
An adoptee has 100% uninvolved bio parents
Oh honey, absolutely not true. Absolutely NOT true in our home.
Not in yours. It does happen.
People marry people with kids
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Of course you can do it! Ditch him, have him sign away his rights and be free of him. Raise your child in a loving environment.
It still messes a child up to have one parent who didn't want them. That is written in your bones and never, ever goes away.
Yes. I wonder if putting up for adoption is better vs. worse than growing up with an emotionally unavailable father or no father. I don't know. I'm so sorry OP you are faced with this.
Adopted parents divorce as well
I know one family that adopted 2, divorced and the adoptive father got kids of his own from the new wife. No contact with ones he adopted
NP and you have to consider the statistical odds though. Here, perhaps (?) a 100% odds of an uninvolved father vs. whatever the odds of an uninvolved father in the case of an adoption situation. There's no guarantees in life but it seems like in the adoption situation the odds of having involved parents are significantly higher.
At the same time, you could be married in a few years and have your new spouse as an involved parent
An adoptee has 100% uninvolved bio parents
Oh honey, absolutely not true. Absolutely NOT true in our home.
Not in yours. It does happen.
People marry people with kids
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Of course you can do it! Ditch him, have him sign away his rights and be free of him. Raise your child in a loving environment.
It still messes a child up to have one parent who didn't want them. That is written in your bones and never, ever goes away.
Yes. I wonder if putting up for adoption is better vs. worse than growing up with an emotionally unavailable father or no father. I don't know. I'm so sorry OP you are faced with this.
Adopted parents divorce as well
I know one family that adopted 2, divorced and the adoptive father got kids of his own from the new wife. No contact with ones he adopted
NP and you have to consider the statistical odds though. Here, perhaps (?) a 100% odds of an uninvolved father vs. whatever the odds of an uninvolved father in the case of an adoption situation. There's no guarantees in life but it seems like in the adoption situation the odds of having involved parents are significantly higher.
At the same time, you could be married in a few years and have your new spouse as an involved parent
An adoptee has 100% uninvolved bio parents
Oh honey, absolutely not true. Absolutely NOT true in our home.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Of course you can do it! Ditch him, have him sign away his rights and be free of him. Raise your child in a loving environment.
It still messes a child up to have one parent who didn't want them. That is written in your bones and never, ever goes away.
Yes. I wonder if putting up for adoption is better vs. worse than growing up with an emotionally unavailable father or no father. I don't know. I'm so sorry OP you are faced with this.
Adopted parents divorce as well
I know one family that adopted 2, divorced and the adoptive father got kids of his own from the new wife. No contact with ones he adopted
NP and you have to consider the statistical odds though. Here, perhaps (?) a 100% odds of an uninvolved father vs. whatever the odds of an uninvolved father in the case of an adoption situation. There's no guarantees in life but it seems like in the adoption situation the odds of having involved parents are significantly higher.
At the same time, you could be married in a few years and have your new spouse as an involved parent
An adoptee has 100% uninvolved bio parents
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Of course you can do it! Ditch him, have him sign away his rights and be free of him. Raise your child in a loving environment.
It still messes a child up to have one parent who didn't want them. That is written in your bones and never, ever goes away.
Yes. I wonder if putting up for adoption is better vs. worse than growing up with an emotionally unavailable father or no father. I don't know. I'm so sorry OP you are faced with this.
Adopted parents divorce as well
I know one family that adopted 2, divorced and the adoptive father got kids of his own from the new wife. No contact with ones he adopted
NP and you have to consider the statistical odds though. Here, perhaps (?) a 100% odds of an uninvolved father vs. whatever the odds of an uninvolved father in the case of an adoption situation. There's no guarantees in life but it seems like in the adoption situation the odds of having involved parents are significantly higher.
At the same time, you could be married in a few years and have your new spouse as an involved parent
An adoptee has 100% uninvolved bio parents
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Of course you can do it! Ditch him, have him sign away his rights and be free of him. Raise your child in a loving environment.
It still messes a child up to have one parent who didn't want them. That is written in your bones and never, ever goes away.
Yes. I wonder if putting up for adoption is better vs. worse than growing up with an emotionally unavailable father or no father. I don't know. I'm so sorry OP you are faced with this.
Adopted parents divorce as well
I know one family that adopted 2, divorced and the adoptive father got kids of his own from the new wife. No contact with ones he adopted
NP and you have to consider the statistical odds though. Here, perhaps (?) a 100% odds of an uninvolved father vs. whatever the odds of an uninvolved father in the case of an adoption situation. There's no guarantees in life but it seems like in the adoption situation the odds of having involved parents are significantly higher.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Of course you can do it! Ditch him, have him sign away his rights and be free of him. Raise your child in a loving environment.
It still messes a child up to have one parent who didn't want them. That is written in your bones and never, ever goes away.
Yes. I wonder if putting up for adoption is better vs. worse than growing up with an emotionally unavailable father or no father. I don't know. I'm so sorry OP you are faced with this.
Adopted parents divorce as well
I know one family that adopted 2, divorced and the adoptive father got kids of his own from the new wife. No contact with ones he adopted
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Of course you can do it! Ditch him, have him sign away his rights and be free of him. Raise your child in a loving environment.
It still messes a child up to have one parent who didn't want them. That is written in your bones and never, ever goes away.
Yes. I wonder if putting up for adoption is better vs. worse than growing up with an emotionally unavailable father or no father. I don't know. I'm so sorry OP you are faced with this.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I had an unintended pregnancy 17 yrs ago. My ex was involved when he felt like it which was more frequent than my DS was younger. Now my ex lives far away and hasn't seen our child in many, many years. He is married and has more kids. It is hard but I started off doing it alone. I'm sure it's harder if you have a partner and then they leave. I sometimes get child support but I don't count on it because it isn't always on time or the total amount. Good luck to you. Make sure you really want this child because it's much too hard to do when you regret your decision.
Thanks for sharing your story. I do really, really want this child. I know it will be hard but I do have a great support system.