I was most disappointed by your front-page coverage of adoption on July 17. Certainly your reporters could have found at least one adopted individual to defend the process and the experience.
A number of my friends raised in biological families can barely stand to be around their relatives; they would run from a party with 14 second cousins. I would not use these friends to demonstrate that the biological family is faulty.
How many Americans are currently in various forms of therapy because of experiences within their biological families? How many Americans are not in therapy, yet feel that experiences within their biological families made their adult lives more difficult? Still I would not use these examples to dismiss the validity of biological families.
Adoption, like any other human relationship, is a complex issue. I suspect that adoption works for most and, unfortunately, does not for some. Like all our relationships, adoption brings demands and limits, offers growth and opportunity. What we make of any relationship is tempered by our individual natures, personalities and experiences. To try to homogenize the experience, as the article did, is unfair.
