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suzanne	Posted: Sep 11, 2004 03:23:09 PM i was adopted at the age of 6. My adopted mother threw the 3 children she adopted "away" and started a new life without us knowing where she went. Recently I have uncovered her. Get this, she is a professor in child welfare. I find this amazing... My question is this, my older sister she put in a school at the age of 13. She left her there. My sis has never recovered from the traumatic experiences she lived through in her young life. Till this day she basically lives on the streets,at the age of 45. She was raped and beaten when she was young. Is this witch responsible for her demise? Is there some recourse I can take to see to it this woman pays for the damage she did? She has built a new life, withholding the fact she has 3 children,which she adopted..I wish someone would help me with my questions and give me some advice..thank-you

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The adoption process is a very personal one for waiting families. First, they must provide financial, medical and other personal information during the home study process, then they share a snapshot of their personal lives in their family profile. It is perfectly normal for waiting families to experience anxiety about having their lives be such an “open book.”

Once a family is active with an agency and their family profile is being shown to expectant mothers, it is also common to experience some anxiety about what impression those birth parents are getting of the family. Many waiting families worry that perhaps they aren’t attractive enough – that they must look like Tom Cruise or Nicole Kidman to adopt a child. However, this is untrue.

Birth parents choose adoptive families for many reasons. To some birth parents, it is important that their child grow up in a specific region or state because they envision their child spending their days at the beach, or running through a field in the Midwest. Other birth parents want their child to be brought up in a specific religion and will therefore only consider families that are of that religion, while others want their child to grow up in a household with other children. Just as each adoption story is unique, so are the wants and desires of the birth parents.

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BOARD: Discussions for Women who are Pregnant » Couldn't Find Your Topic? Post a Message Here.TOPIC: adoptee question

Do We Need to Look Like Movie Stars?

BOARD: Discussions for Women who are Pregnant » Couldn't Find Your Topic? Post a Message Here.

TOPIC: adoptee question