Comments on: I was a teen age rebel and uh, oh yeah, adopted

By: Stu Mark

Stu Mark — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:41:16 +0000

Your post, “…Oh Yeah, And Adopted” was nominated by our readers at http://www.gnmparents.com/ for “Hot Stuff Of The Week” – Congratulations, and good luck in the voting!

By: G

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:34:28 +0000

Somehow I always love hearing about parent/child relationships from your perspective. These are words parents long to hear: “something strong in me that was probably imparted by my parents, a basic sense of self-respect. The second was my parents themselves.”

Wonderful post and cool about meeting Dr. Spock!

By: Tricia

Tricia — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:43:22 +0000

Isn’t it funny how we don’t make these connections until later in life? We just push them away and think that we’re tough. Then it all comes together in hindsight.

I was a wild child myself.
But I never got into too much trouble, just a lot of mischief. I think I was always worried about disappointing my parents. Hated to see that look in their eyes.

Lovely to see you again.

Sorry I’ve been away and missed so much.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:12:49 +0000

Perhaps the figures are skewed because of the cause of many children ending up in the system – that their parents had similar or related issues to those the children have – meaning they were unable to cope with looking after them.

As we have learned more and more about the whole subject of adoption, we have come to realise that there is more “nature” in the “nature/nurture” story than many people like to think about.

While we hope we will be able to have an influence the children we take charge of later this year (or early next), we won’t be able to guarantee it. We’ll keep our fingers crossed though.