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Stargazer09

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4. You're doing it right

Reply to LibertyLover (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 10:25 AM

Sep 2013

I considered international adoptions at one time. I chose not to adopt primarily because I already had children, and I did not feel 100% confident in my ability to keep everyone safe and happy.

Parenting is HARD work, no matter how your children joined your family. Some people forget that.

This article really upset me.

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The Child Exchange: Americans use the Internet to abandon children adopted from overseas [View all] Are_grits_groceries Sep 2013 OP

Wow... Phentex Sep 2013 #1

As the mother of an internationally adopted child, I am just stunned LibertyLover Sep 2013 #2

You're doing it right Stargazer09 Sep 2013 #4

How incredibly horrible Stargazer09 Sep 2013 #3

Wow! Sick... Reccing this because, if I have never heard of this, JimDandy Sep 2013 #5

Kick! Heidi Sep 2013 #6

I am sick to my stomach. lapislzi Sep 2013 #7

LIVING THINGS AREN'T FURNITURE, YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE BORED TalkingDog Sep 2013 #8

This isn't just an adoptive kids thing. I raised a former friends kid for nearly two years on a POA. Xithras Sep 2013 #9

All parts are up /nt jakeXT Sep 2013 #10

Jeebus...it's harder to adopt a pet from a shelter than some of these stories..... msanthrope Sep 2013 #11