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Adoptive parents: Would you do it again?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember1" data-source="post: 748728" data-attributes="member: 23706"><p>We dont really always know if the kids are healthy. Many seem healthy but have hidden problems such as brain injuries from exposure to alcohol and drugs in utero, inherited mental health issues that the parents did not disclose or had no treatment for, sexual abuse that they don't remember (the brain tends to "forget" trauma, but the subconscious remembers), and other less obvious at first glance issues.</p><p></p><p>I was told that most adoptive parents tend to be more educated and academically successful than the children they adopt, which for some can be greatly disappointing. Many inherit the tendency to become an addict.</p><p></p><p>Kay pretends she doesnt care, but I am sure that she is very jealous of my other children and their academic and athletic successes. Paradoxically she did not utilize her great musical and artistic talent basically because she was disinterested in school after high school and wanted a very easy job until she quit working entirely. She had so much potential which we fawned over as a child and teen, but it never went anywhere.</p><p></p><p>Thats so not like the rest of us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember1, post: 748728, member: 23706"] We dont really always know if the kids are healthy. Many seem healthy but have hidden problems such as brain injuries from exposure to alcohol and drugs in utero, inherited mental health issues that the parents did not disclose or had no treatment for, sexual abuse that they don't remember (the brain tends to "forget" trauma, but the subconscious remembers), and other less obvious at first glance issues. I was told that most adoptive parents tend to be more educated and academically successful than the children they adopt, which for some can be greatly disappointing. Many inherit the tendency to become an addict. Kay pretends she doesnt care, but I am sure that she is very jealous of my other children and their academic and athletic successes. Paradoxically she did not utilize her great musical and artistic talent basically because she was disinterested in school after high school and wanted a very easy job until she quit working entirely. She had so much potential which we fawned over as a child and teen, but it never went anywhere. Thats so not like the rest of us. [/QUOTE]
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