jack@hp-dcd.UUCP (07/22/83)
#N:hp-dcd:17700001:000:882 hp-dcd!jack Jul 20 13:10:00 1983 "I can post the current theories on why adopted children do not turn out. It would be a very long message, so unless people are interested, I will stop here. I honestly only know one person who has adopted a child and does not regret the decision 18 years later. I honestly know more than 20 people who regret it, including my parents." Please do post these theories! I'm quite amazed at this statement. I (honestly, of course) know of *no* parents who blame their unpleasant children the fact that they're adopted. I know lots of natural parents who wish they'd never had kids, I'm sure that there's lots of adoptive parents who wish the same thing. Perhaps they erroneously blame it on the fact that the children are adopted (and tell the psychiatrists that)? -Jack "my adoptive parents like me" Applin (ucbvax!decvax!cca!sri-unix!hplabs!hp-dcd!jack)