Tuesday, January 17, 2012
I'm curious about something in regards to adoption...?
I think there are FAR too many broad generalizations in this forum. People who are bitter about their adoption paint ALL adoption as bad, all adoptive parents as people who think of themselves as saviors, and all birth mothers as these ideal young innocent women whose arms were twisted into giving up their child. All of those are broad generalizations and don't apply to every situations but there is SOME truth in it all. Yes, there are young mothers who are persuaded to give up their child by their family, the boyfriend, their own fear, etc. But that's not always the case. Yes, there are some not-so-great adoptive parents out there who seem to think of themselves as "saviors" for their adopted child & throw it in their face any chance they get.....that's just bad parenting. But there are also great adoptive parents who don't do that at all. Then there are the positive adoptees, like myself. I had a great experience and think highly of adoption but I realize that's not everyone's truth. That's fine. I have no problem with those on this site who disagree with my opinion. They are entitled to feel as negatively toward adoption as they want. But it's when they try to invalidate or question my own happy experience that it bugs me. Because to me, that's an unwillingness to accept that there is ANY positive that ever comes out of adoption and that's just another broad generalization brought on by their own negative experience. It would be better if everyone on this site would stay away from broad generalizations period and just accept that there are always going to be some positives and some negatives for ANY situation, including adoption.
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