Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6905051-20131203105732/@comment-2111018-20140521000313

I have to agree. I'm adopted, and I know that my parents adore me. My aunt has two biological children and six adopted ones. She loves them all equally. As for the rigors. I was adopted from a different country and it took my parents years to get me. They started the process before I was even born. God only knows what the costs were to fly out of the country and back, pay the orphanage, and all the other stuff beforehand. My mom says it was the most stressful time of her life (and she gets stressed A LOT). My parents had to go through a bunch of prenatal classes to be certified as able/good parents. Biologically speaking, I think we all know that if you want a kid that way you don't have to do a thing to prove you're a capable parent unless someone calls child services on you. Getting pregnant is easy, adopting is freakishly long, drawn out, wearisome, and complicated.