Parents insist on keeping in contact with the ‘daughter’ they gave up for adoption over 20 years ago, she refuses to go along, leading to an intense confrontation: ‘You’re not my parents’

Giving up a kid for adoption is extremely challenging for everyone involved – mainly for the child and the parents. It is not something anyone would be able to understand. The decision to give up a child is final and cannot be reversed, so parents who decide to go through with that need to be …
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Mom criticizes aunt for taking her 11 and 14-year-old nieces to a Christmas theme park without their adopted 10-year-old brother who has behavioral and developmental issues: ‘Flo and Ivy have expressed that they really value Ryan-free time’

It’s challenging to be the sibling of a kid with issues. It’s easy to feel like you’re not prioritized, and all the decisions your family makes revolve around the high needs of one family member. Of course, it is much more challenging to be the person who has a laundry list of needs that the …
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Mom Adopts a Kitten to Save it From the Clutches of a Spoiled Brat 7-Year-Old Caught Man-Handling the Pick of the Litter

Some kids are born gentle, inherently understanding that fragile critters like kittens, puppies, and younger siblings, need to be handled with soft hands, gentle pats, and the sweetest of kisses on the forehead. Other children, the feral kind with parents who neglect to teach them good manners, are terrifying giants to these little babies, becoming …
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‘I burst out laughing’: Woman goes behind her brother-in-law’s back and gets a DNA test done on his child, gets humiliated when he tells her the real story of how she was adopted

This father did the right thing when he was cornered with the results of a failed DNA test of his adoptive daughter–laugh in the face of his pot-stirring SIL who had no clue what she was talking about. Like granny used to say, ‘don’t be shoving your nose where it doesn’t belong or you might …
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‘We’re not real brothers’: Groom uninvites his adoptive siblings from his wedding after they renounce him as a brother, biased parents rescind their RSVP as an ultimatum

What makes someone your brother? Is it the strength of your relationship? Is it their inherent supportiveness? Or is it biology? Although all siblings (biological or adopted) always have a way of getting under our skin, when you’ve grown up with a particularly difficult sibling, even the smallest annoyances can set you off–that’s because, regardless …
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Family kicks out 18-years-old foster kid, claiming ‘fostering is a business’ and that they can’t afford to support him anymore: ‘They told me it’s not personal’

Some parents are born to become foster parents to kids in need of a home. They know exactly how to ensure the foster kid feels comfortable and at home, they know how to get them to open up, and how to welcome them with open arms. It is an honest gift, and those parents truly …
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‘Our bio dad wants to walk you down the aisle’: Adoptee pressures sister to invite their birth parents to her wedding despite her wanting nothing to do with them

In families, as in all relationships, it’s important to be able to take no for an answer. It doesn’t matter how many times I ask my sister to go to Six Flags with me: if she says no, we’re not going! Obviously, it takes two to tango, but it takes one to listen and learn …
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Aunt who regrets putting up her baby for adoption 38 years ago pressures adopted niece to search for her birth parents, won’t take no for an answer: ‘Finding my birth parents won’t make her son search for her’

Every adoptee has a different story. Some of them really resent the fact that they were raised apart from their birth parents, and others are perfectly happy and content with being adopted and wouldn’t want it any other way. That is a two-way street because in order for a child to be adopted, their birth …
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‘They asked me how I could be happy being adopted when I had real siblings?’: Adoptee meets biological siblings, gets criticized for not regretting being adopted

Every adoptee has a different experience. It’s easy to think of adoption as a universal good because it gives children consistent and healthy homes, but that’s not always the case. Adoption can be an exploitative industry. Mothers can be coerced into giving up their children against their will. Not all adoptive homes are safe, nurturing …
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Meet The Newly Adopted Faces Of The Week: 17 Wholesome Cat Adoption Stories

Happy morning, friends, and TGIF! We hope that you have had a fantastic week, but just in case you haven’t, you have come to the right place to improve your mood first thing on Friday morning. That’s right, y’all, it’s time to meet the newly adopted face of the week!  Week by week, to make …
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