But being a stepmother is like being in - between — not fully mother (
I have no biological children of my own), not fully childless either.
Adopting children is an incredibly rewarding experience for many parents whether or not
they have biological children of their own.
The individual purchasing the female infant gave it to his sister, who was unable to
have any biological children of her own.
What if the prospective stepparent never intends to
have any biological children of his or her own?
Not exact matches
While their story
of being «accidental gay parents» drew the attention
of international media, they decided to expand their family by
having their first
biological child together.
However, she later found out that this wasn't the case: her mother
had been unable to care for her at the time
of her birth, but later married her
biological father and
had another
child with him.
While Robert Kraft is not the
biological father, he is thrilled with Ricki's blessing
of having a healthy
child.
It is really troubling to me that, despite the number
of new orphans the earthquake produced, Haiti is still clinging to it's archaic rules about couples needing to be married for 10 years, and to
have no
biological children, and be over 30 years old, in order to adopt.»
Furthermore, while an intact family composed
of two parents
of the opposite sex and their
biological child or
children may provide the best standard family unit in society (and should, therefore, be given support), we
would be naive and cruel to dismiss the possibility that differently configured families (e.g., families with single parents or homosexual parents or adopted
children) may produce family situations that are as good as, or, in some cases, better than, those
of families that fit the standard.
Now they
have become «one flesh» literally, in the blending
of their
biological heritages in a
child.
Study after study
has indicated the best environment for
children to be raised and nurtured is the home
of their married,
biological parents.
It's this kind
of research that led Princeton sociologist Sara McLanahan and her colleague Gary Sandefur to write that if they we were to design a family, the «two - parent ideal... [
would ensure] that
children had access to the time and money
of two adults...
would provide a system
of checks and balances that promoted quality parenting... [and the] fact that both parents
have a
biological connection to the
child would increase the likelihood that the parents
would identify with the
child and be willing to sacrifice for that
child, and it
would reduce the likelihood that either parent
would abuse the
child.»
Would you allow him to Choose whether he would want to get close to a baby knowing it was conceived within an affair, and that the biological father and his parents may wish to also be part of the childs life and he'd have to accommodate them as
Would you allow him to Choose whether he
would want to get close to a baby knowing it was conceived within an affair, and that the biological father and his parents may wish to also be part of the childs life and he'd have to accommodate them as
would want to get close to a baby knowing it was conceived within an affair, and that the
biological father and his parents may wish to also be part
of the
childs life and he
'd have to accommodate them as well?
I imagine there's something particularly special about
having a
biological child with one's partner (although you don't see many people not marrying the person they love because
of infertility) which we will never be able to
have (the one inherent advantage to a straight relationship).
From the moment when, as I
have said, the phyletic strands began to reach towards one another, weaving the first outlines
of the Noosphere, a new matrix, co-extensive with the whole human group, was formed about the newly - born human
child — a matrix out
of which he can not be wrenched without incurring mutilation in the most physical core
of his
biological being.
In the second verse he is talking about the God (His father -LCB- Not literally his
biological father, Its a way to express himself close to God, as we are all
children of God, cuz he created us all -RCB--RRB-, how he
has reserved space in heaven for the believers.
At 29, I
've been hearing a lot about how it's time for me to
have children — a prospect that both terrifies and thrills me, especially as the ticking
of my
biological clocks begins to sound more and more like a gong.
For the rest
of us, imagine what might
've happened if someone along the way decided that poverty, race, mental illness or criminal history disqualifies someone from
having biological children.
As the founder
of Project Rachel, the post-abortion healing ministry
of the Catholic church in the United States and abroad, I stumbled into the
biological science
of human bonding while trying to find a way to help women who
have had abortions to be able to bond with their unborn
children in subsequent pregnancies.
Secondly, the Bill proposes to remove the need for IVF providers to take into account the
child's need for a father when considering an IVF application, and to confer legal parenthood on people who
have no
biological relationship to a
child born as a result
of IVF.
One
of the joys I
have found is that with all six
of my
children, I see no difference in skin color and no difference between
biological and adoptive.
A friend
of mine named Heather is personally invested in the situation in Haiti as she and her husband (along with their two
biological children)
have been trying to adopt two
children — Clara (age 3) and Emerson (age 1)-- from an orphanage there since March 2007.
Take the stance that men
have to be involved in assessments and family interventions for the sake
of their
children; refuse to accept a referral without reference to the
biological father and to any key father - figures.
One
of the reasons that Id rather
have my own
biological children than adopt (though I fully plan to adopt one day) is that I can't imagine raising a
child that I didn't nurse.
But a few South Asians were wondering why we are not exhausting all our options
of having a
biological child.
From a
biological perspective, it is not logical to
have what is normal behaviour
of a breastfed
child to then cause obesity, rapid weight gain and / or growth.
but it's hardly a new concept: gays and lesbians
have been turning to all sorts
of creative ways to
have biological children, including coparenting arrangements.
And during that time, we became involved with a support group to help us through the process and getting advice on what to do in terms
of experiencing the grief and a loss
of not
having a
biological child.
We believe that many modern day parenting practices
have been forgotten about the
biological norms
of infants and
children.
Have the
Biological parent tell the
child about the new baby on the way and assure them
of their special place in the family.
I know people who
have had difficulty adopting
children, either because
of the cost or the process or because they weren't quite prepared to give up their dream
of a
biological child.
But the point
of fact is that mothering beyond lactation and / or raising
children older than a couple
of years
has no
biological basis and is poorly analyzed by the school
of psycho analysis up to now.
I think that might just apply in this case:
children develop resistance to bad
biologicals in part by being exposed to them, so maybe all those bologna and cheese sandwiches I took to school as a kid helped keep me from
having to be spoon - fed a diet
of sterile Pablum the rest
of my life, eh?
But what
of the parents whose
biological children have serious illnesses like the
children in the story?
And that can be tough for kids who are still struggling to deal with the fact that their
biological parents are no longer together or that their time
of being an only
child with heaps
of attention
has come to an end.
About 40 %
of children who do not live with their
biological father
have not seen him during the past 12 months; more than half
of them
have never been in his home and 26 %
of those fathers live in a different state than their
children.
Research
has shown that the
children of same - sex couples, whether adopted or
biological, fare no worse than the kids
of straight couples on mental health, social functioning, school performance and several other life - success measures.
Birth parents
have considered all possible options for raising their
biological child and
have come to the respectable decision that the
child's care
would best be in the hand's
of another family who can better provide for the
child.
If your baby is your
biological child you also know some family history
of allergies, and you may
have this info if your kid is adopted.
She's interested in an «ethic
of responsible parenthood,» which sounds good on surface but borders on elitism once you start exploring what that may mean: George Lucas adopted two
children as a single man and I will bet that Sawhill
would not insist that he
have a partner first and wait until they are «ready to be parents» — he was wealthy enough to hire surrogate moms until he married again and, last year, became a
biological dad at age 69.
Many
children are a product
of divorce, are in touch with both their
biological and adopted parents,
have two moms or two dads (or both), or are being raised by their grandparents.
It's easy for people to forget that, regardless
of what kind
of parent we are, whether it's
biological, step -, or adoptive, we
have been given a gift in being able to be a part
of a
child's life.
It also means
children who are adopted
have all the same emotional, social, legal and familial benefits
of biological children.
Do you really think that, after years
of raising and loving a
child who you didn't give birth to, they
would walk away, just because they met their
biological mom?
Keep in mind, this is not the fault
of the
child or the parent, it is a
biological function that
has occurred and there are solutions for bed - wetting.
«Secrecy in adoption probably
has its roots in a desire to protect the
child from interference from the
biological parents and to hide the often illegitimate circumstances
of the
child's origins.»
Nature
has provided us with a
biological way to space
children, allowing the mother to care for her
child each infant for a longer period
of time.
For example, if one
of your
child's
biological parents
has hay fever or pet allergies, there's a 40 to 50 percent chance your
child will
have some sort
of allergy as well.
, although by that time I
'd mostly stopped telling people she was still «doing that» — except for my sister, whose two
biological children both nursed past their fourth birthdays:D One
of the things I'm happiest about is that she nursed long enough to really remember the experience — when she's old enough to nurse her own babies, I hope she'll still remember, and be encouraged to let them wean on their own terms.
Adoption costs for those who can't
have biological children have risen, as
has the cost
of raising
children in general.