Ohio Children Caged Like Animals! : Nature vs. Adoption

» 4naturalfamily - Nature vs. Adoption

It's a tragedy to see kids treated in this way, put in cages like animals - it's undoubtedly a fire hazard in addition to being unbelievably humiliating. In this case, the so-called "parents" who caged the kids are unrelated to the kids. And although many unrelated people do a great job caring for children, it's sometimes VERY important to recognize the risks are greater with unrelated people caring for a child. The saying "Don't talk to strangers" has a purpose. Think of how a mother wolf will protect her cubs, then consider how a substitute mother might treat them. That is an example from the animal world. Yet mothers and fathers do have an instinct to protect their natural young.

And while there seem to be about equal numbers of adoptive caregivers and natural parents who abuse, it's also true that adoptive parents are much fewer in number than natural parents. That means people who have adopted are more likely to wind up abusing kids. In the defense of the people who adopt, I appreciate it that a child who has been cut off from her family - and often also cut off from her culture - may have some "issues". And that can make it more challenging to care for the adopted child.

I only mention the difference between relatives and unrelated persons because there is so much promotion of adoption these days. Babies are even removed from mothers and fathers for no reason other than that the parents are single when their infant son or daughter is born. Usually, the parents and grandparents are naive middle-class people, who aren't aware of the effect that family separation will have on mother and child. There is even Infant Adoption Awareness Training funded by the government to encourage people to surrender their babies and let strangers take them - permanently.

http://www.exiledmothers.com/speaking_ou...

Some women are speaking out, saying that punishing single mothers and their babies by separating them is too harsh a punishment for the crime of single pregnancy - and not necessarily good for babies, either.

http://www.opednews.com/webber022704_ado...

Yet, there are so many people who want to adopt. So promises of "open" adoption are being used to lure mothers in. Expectant mothers are encouraged to "choose" adoption before their baby is born, before they even know what they are choosing. They are even being encouraged to select prospective adopters - no doubt the "professionals" know that this will put pressure on the mother who may feel beholden to these seemingly friendly people.

http://www.exiledmothers.com/speaking_ou...

Separating family members is serious - yet adoption promoters take it so lightly...maybe it's because IT'S NOT THEIR CHILD.

-- posted by 4naturalfamily