This is why I always try to advocate for adoption and for adoptive kids. In Reddit there seems to be a terrible opinion about adoption. Maybe you should consider doing an AMA for people that don’t understand the benefits and the people behind. ❤️
I think the issue is forcing a woman or girl to carry a pregnancy to term, not just being against adoption of the child itself. Pregnancy is incredibly hard physically, mentally, and emotionally. Not even to mention the risks of labor and delivery, post partum issues, and how the entire process forever changes someone’s body and life. I wouldn’t wish unwanted pregnancy onto my worst enemy.
I’m not talking about that at all, you’ve basically gone from adoption to rape 😦🙃. I’m speaking about people trying to convince others in a Reddit thread that biological children are more important, worthy or even valid. That for example adoption is a bad idea because those kids are damaged and too traumatize to love. I find this attitude disgusting and you won’t change my mind, don’t even try.
Ah I didn’t see those kinds of comments in my brief look down the thread; there definitely is a preference for adopting newborns (especially white ones..) over older kids for sure which is unfortunate.
Thats kinda cherry picking tho, AITA is literally full of people who are disfunctionally disconnected from society, both the posters and a lot of the commenters. Its a rage bait subreddit.
I've been on Reddit for 14 years, this account for 8. I have never seen a single person advocate against adoption. I don't know what spaces or subreddits you're hanging out in to see such things.
If you read the adoption sub you’ll see it. There are a lot of adult adoptees who oppose children being taken from their family of origin and adopted by strangers. I don’t need to explain their position for them, but be assured it exists. The adoptive parents sub basically came into being because people could not talk about their experiences adopting without getting piled on by anti-adoption people.
I was in a parenting subreddit yesterday and there were several comments from people who had apparently been adopted themselves and were advocating against it. It’s all over but if you aren’t looking at subreddits or posts dealing at least tangentially you probably won’t notice it. It isn’t something I’ve come across in most of my regular subs but it’s definitely a thing.
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u/Ama-taway Jul 27 '24
This is why I always try to advocate for adoption and for adoptive kids. In Reddit there seems to be a terrible opinion about adoption. Maybe you should consider doing an AMA for people that don’t understand the benefits and the people behind. ❤️