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Should Children Know Who Their Biological Parents Are? Or Their Half-Siblings?

When the now adults-in-training were just starting middle school Tucson Unified School District changed their borders, again. We had already moved as far West of the city as we could afford; we were on West...

7 comments    adoption dna siblings
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Step-parenting and Sharing Authority

Being a step-parent is somewhat like being in middle management - you get the complaints from 'above' and 'below'. One way out of this dilemma is to step out from the middle and simply be part of 'senior...

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Children Are Not The Property Of Their Fathers

  In our modern world with high divorce rates, unmarried parents and casual relationships the structure of the family unit has never been so complicated. This is especially significant when you consider...

0 comments    family children parenting
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The Greatest American Heroes

Last night, I was online trying to find information on the flooding in Georgia. I went to CNN’s website (CNN because I have to support Anderson’s station). There were series of stories in the latest news...

2 comments    good birth bad
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Is Blood Really Thicker Than Water?

I am the product of teenage sex. An unwanted pregnancy. My biological parents gave into temptation, as teenagers often do. The result would soon be me. Having an unwed pregnant daughter in 1963 Tulsa,...

11 comments    life family adoption
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Adopted.... Who Am I ?

Kim loves her adopted parents to pieces. However, they obvoiusly did not made her, and she always kept a need to answer this : Who are my biological parents ?. She had tried many times to get informations...

0 comments    family adoption birth mother
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I was Adopted

MY LIFE I was raised in an urban area in a busy street in Manila, Philippines. My childhood was definetely a good one, a good education, nice friends, a good housing and the best sense of the country...

14 comments    love life family
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All About Open Adoption

Before completing the open adoption, a schedule of types ans dates for contact is drawn up. This schedule and the relevant set of rules is crucial for the biological parents. If any of the scheduled contact is missed, it can have far reaching emotional impact in the form of stress.

0 comments    family parenting society
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Foster Parent and Biological Parent Relationships

      Being a foster parent for the state brings about many interesting challenges.  The most obvious is dealing with the issues the foster child may come with.  The child who comes into foster...

1 comment    advice family children
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Finding Biological Parents

When someone is adopted, it can be sometimes difficult to swallow to learn about the adoption and your real parents. Sometimes finding the records of the about the adoption or biological parents can be really...

0 comments    family mom dad
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