Adopted vs Biological
Posted in Biology on March 29th, 2012 by admin – Comments Off
As a biological mother for 33 years, I’ve read a lot of parenting books and even taken some classes. It seemed no one ever doubted that a biological mother loves her child totally and unconditionally.
As an adoptive mother for almost three years, I’ve also read a lot of books, taken classes, and I’ve joined some adoption and foster/adoption lists over the internet. This has been invaluable to me, helping me learn issues I didn’t know that adopted children would have, as I’ve gotten to know all members of the ‘triad’: adoptive mothers like myself, the first, or birth mothers who have given up or lost their children, and adoptees, themselves.
One thing I was not expecting is the statement I seem to hear on a regular basis: “There is no way you can love an adopted child the same way you love a biological child.”
