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Any adoption experiences? Especially if you have both your own kid and an adopted kid. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/parenting

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I am pretty against having a kid of my own for many reasons (scared of pregnancies, scared of babies, awful genepool, etc.) but I do like kids, and am not against adopting a kid. It's just rare to see many parents with adopted kids, so I'm always curious about the process. I'm getting a tubal in a few months, so I guess I'm just asking all my questions early lol

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

I think adoption is wonderful. I didn't technically adopt any children but I am a stepdad which is quite close to it. But I think it's important to understand that children who are adopted have their own traumas, even if they're adopted very early in life.

I have two friends, one is adopted from South Korea to Sweden and another has been in Foster homes his whole life, and I invited them to talk about the topic on my podcast some time ago, it's quite an emotional episode, I think it would be interesting for you to hear it from their point of view: https://jeena.net/pods/5