Adoptive Parents Quotes

• The benefits because his collective parents are permitted to grow secure in their particular roles in his life. His adoptive parents are not unwittingly encouraged to compete to possess him. Nor are his birthparents punished and banished from a place in his life.

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  Kathleen Silber

  Parent   Roles   Benefits  

  "Dear Birthmother: Thank You for Our Baby". Book by Kathleen Silber and‎ Phylis Speedlin, May 1, 1991.

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• I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third time's a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love.

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  Rodney Atkins

  Love   Mom   Baby  

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• Cindy and I are adoptive parents. We know what a treasure and joy it is to have an adopted child in our lives.

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  John McCain

  Children   Joy   Parent  

  John McCain at The Third Presidential Candidates Debate at Hofstra University at Hempstead, New York, www.nytimes.com. October 15, 2008.

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• Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.

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  Michael Gove

  Home   Heart   Mean  

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• Adoption is a wonderful way of becoming a family. If being a biological parent is any better or more rewarding than being an adoptive parent, I really don't think I could stand it!

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  Kathleen Silber

  Thinking   Adoption   Parent  

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• However motherhood comes to you, it's a miracle.

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  Valerie Harper

  Inspirational   Motherhood   Adoption  

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• To allow same-sex couples to adopt children and then to label their families as second-class because the adoptive parents are of the same sex is cruel as well as unconstitutional. Classifying some families, and especially their children, as of lesser value should be repugnant to all those in this nation who profess to believe in "family values."

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  Stephen Reinhardt

  Sex   Couple   Children  

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• Adoption was such a positive alternative to abortion, a way to save one life and brighten two more: those of the adoptive parents.

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  George W. Bush

  Two   Abortion   Parent  

  George W. Bush (2010). “Decision Points”, p.113, Random House

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• Adoptive parents are taking on enormous responsibility, both emotionally and financially. Quite frankly, they need as much disclosure as possible about the child's background and health to assure the best fit and be prepared.

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  Pat Robertson

  Children   Health   Responsibility  

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• As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.

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  Dennis Cardoza

  Children   Parent   Problem  

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• Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

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  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational   Mothers Day   Mom  

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• I think adoption is a blessing all around when it's done right.

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  Hugh Jackman

  Inspirational   Blessing   Thinking  

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• Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.

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  Nicole Kidman

  Inspirational   Children   Destiny  

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• I have much more power and protection than Salman Rushdie, because I'm an American citizen, but yes, I live in terrible fear for my life and for the lives of my children. My whole family has been threatened, my adoptive parents had to sell their house and move out of Washington, D.C. because of death threats caused by my work and activism.

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  Kola Boof

  Children   Moving   Parent  

  "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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