A good, loving environment, with structure and support in which to develop as a person.
Period. That's what it's all about. Nothing else matters if you don't have that. If you have that, you've got a better than average chance....no matter the circumstance, be it same sex parents, adoptive parents, a pack of wolves...whatever. > It is pretty sad. On one hand you see commercials reminding folks > about adoption, yet on the other hand folks are being told they can't > adopt. So I guess it is better the child be raised in an orphanage > than by same sex parents. Geeze. I just don't get it. > > Of course, my wife and I get some of this as well since we adopted > outside our race. It is almost as if some people think we are crazy > for not adopting white kids, or adopting outside America. (The classic > moment was after 9/11 when someone shot my wife a dirty look.... since > we know that Asians were piloting the planes. Sorry, make that > non-white people, they are all the same, right? Ok, I'll stop > ranting.) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135654 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54