Adoption
- Jan 27
- 2010
Editor’s Web Note: I recently met someone in his fifties who just learned he was adopted when his mother let it slip accidentally. She started bawling. He finally had the missing puzzle pieces. We’ve come a long way in understanding the importance of an adopted child grasping cognitively the loss he or she feels within the body — and that it’s normal to yearn for the womb from which we began our journey. If you know an adopted person of any age, give them some extra warmth when you see them. Whatever the setting, they always could use more reminding that they “belong.” — Lauren
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: My sister and I are both adopted. Nothing will ever change the fact that our adopted parents are our “real” parents and we are “real” sisters. However, now that we are teenagers, we are curious about meeting our natural parents. We have done research on the Internet but…
- Jul 23
- 2008
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I know of four different teenage girls right now who are in various stages of obvious pregnancy. None are married and all plan to give birth to the child. Do you think it’s the ‘Juno’ effect?
A loyal reader Farren, 20:Most intelligent, educated, mature teenagers take…
- Jul 14
- 2004
Dear Straight Talk: I’m a 13-year-old boy and I live with my dad. My stepmother died last year of cancer. When she was dying she told me that I was adopted, that my dad had adopted me with his first wife who left us when I was still a baby. She said she wanted to clear everything up before…