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uponit7771

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10. Amen!!!

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #9)

Mon May 29, 2017, 05:31 AM

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Separating a child from its mother can be very painful. But nobody wants to talk about it. [View all] StevieM May 2017 OP

Hurts the child, hurts the mother... Wounded Bear May 2017 #1

I'm not sure you can confidentally assume PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #2

I disagree. That incident happened when she was very young and it makes perfect sense to me StevieM May 2017 #3

You are making a lot of assumptions you have no way of knowing. LisaL May 2017 #4

If there was a TPR then they almost certainly know who she is. StevieM May 2017 #6

Where are your links for that? pnwmom May 2017 #11

I have to disagree with you Stevie. Stonepounder May 2017 #8

you have an old-timey idea about child development/mental health mopinko May 2017 #19

You seem to have an old-fashioned idea about who the birth mother is in our society. StevieM May 2017 #20

Meh.... Adrahil May 2017 #5

I am not saying that adoptees cannot be kind and loving people. StevieM May 2017 #7

This child isn't just "struggling" MichMary May 2017 #15

I presonally think... Adrahil May 2017 #21

I am a child protection defense attorney. no_hypocrisy May 2017 #9

Amen!!! uponit7771 May 2017 #10

Congratulations on the wonderful job you did!! It is so nice to hear a story with a happy ending. StevieM May 2017 #13

You are omitting some relevant info MichMary May 2017 #12

I disagree. I think she suffered a "primal wound," as it is called. Reuniting her with her mother StevieM May 2017 #14

This isn't just a "primal wound" MichMary May 2017 #16

The same family adopted the older half-sister MichMary May 2017 #17

Different people process things in different ways. StevieM May 2017 #18

Per the article, it is possible that condition is hereditary and hard-wired into brain. LisaL May 2017 #22

Then why not arrange a reunion and see what happens? Why not see what benefits it could offer? StevieM May 2017 #23

Sometimes meeting the birth mother isn't a good thing MichMary May 2017 #24

Anyone of us could have died at some previous point, but statistically we are all more likely to be StevieM May 2017 #25

I agree that being taken from your parent can be devastating and life-altering. Chemisse May 2017 #31

Has it occured to you that the birth mother B2G May 2017 #26

I think being separated from her children is probably the birth mother's biggest problem in life. StevieM May 2017 #27

Ted Bundy was a classic sociopath Freddie May 2017 #28

And there are other serial killers, like David Berkowitz, who were adopted. StevieM May 2017 #29

I was actually pretty offended by the Atlantic article janterry May 2017 #30

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