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Should Physically Disabled People Be Allowed To Adopt Children?
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Bringing up children in a "normal" family unit has been a hot topic of discussion lately.
Some have demonstrated an aversion to children being brought up in same sex parented families because they claim that it isn't a "normal" family unit. They have also objected to same sex parents being portrayed in children's books.
Most people are able bodied therefore that is the "norm". Indeed there would more people in same sex relationships than there are people where one of the partners is disabled.
Children brought up where one of the parents is physically disabled are obviously not experiencing a "normal" family life. On the terms some posters have backed these people should not be allowed to have children and certainly not permitted to adopt.
I am most interested in hearing from those who object to same sex couples having children because it isn't "normal". Do they also object to portraying disabled people in children's books on the grounds that it is not normal?
Some have demonstrated an aversion to children being brought up in same sex parented families because they claim that it isn't a "normal" family unit. They have also objected to same sex parents being portrayed in children's books.
Most people are able bodied therefore that is the "norm". Indeed there would more people in same sex relationships than there are people where one of the partners is disabled.
Children brought up where one of the parents is physically disabled are obviously not experiencing a "normal" family life. On the terms some posters have backed these people should not be allowed to have children and certainly not permitted to adopt.
I am most interested in hearing from those who object to same sex couples having children because it isn't "normal". Do they also object to portraying disabled people in children's books on the grounds that it is not normal?
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Is the intent to ask questions like this at a more & more absurd level until some point is claimed ? How about started a thread about ginger haired adoptive parents then ? Or maybe go in the other direction and ask about psychotic adoptive parents ? Psychosis being normal obviously since there are many examples.
Is the intent to ask questions like this at a more & more absurd level until some point is claimed ? How about started a thread about ginger haired adoptive parents then ? Or maybe go in the other direction and ask about psychotic adoptive parents ? Psychosis being normal obviously since there are many examples.
Doesn't that rather open up the dangerous idea that therefore if you take that idea to it's furthest extreme you ought to remove the children of disabled people from their genetic parents if those parents are a 'burden' to them or create 'problems' for them. Clearly it would be a bad idea to give two quadralegic people triplets to look after, but does it actually do anyone any good to have no sort of challenge when they are growing up? To have a deaf or blind parent would for example be difficult for a child, but it would have it's own very unique set of life lessons attached to it and would I would hope, create a well rounded, child who can empathise with the situaitons of others.
If children are born to disabled parents, that is their parents' choice and the burden upon the children is unavoidable. It's quite another thing for the authorities to impose the burden of caring for disabled people upon children who have already had to face major obstacles in life. That is a lesson they can well do without.
I know "disabled" people who are far more capable than many supposedly able bodied people.
One who springs to mind was a affected by thalidomide. His arms were a few inches long.
One of my strongest memories is buying a raffle ticket from him at a school function. While I was thinking what I was supposed to do he sat down, licked his toe as one might their thumb, flicked open the ticket book, wrote my name perfectly legibly on each ticket and "handed" them to me.
Definitely not normal. Actually an inspiration.
We have a man in Australia who was born with no legs. He goes on lecture tours to teach motivation, frequently at schools. Definitely not normal. Do you think it is weird exposing children to that?
One who springs to mind was a affected by thalidomide. His arms were a few inches long.
One of my strongest memories is buying a raffle ticket from him at a school function. While I was thinking what I was supposed to do he sat down, licked his toe as one might their thumb, flicked open the ticket book, wrote my name perfectly legibly on each ticket and "handed" them to me.
Definitely not normal. Actually an inspiration.
We have a man in Australia who was born with no legs. He goes on lecture tours to teach motivation, frequently at schools. Definitely not normal. Do you think it is weird exposing children to that?
Not really comparing like with like here. If there is a legitimate and sensible reason to believe that two people are unable to provide adequate care for a child then they shouldn't be entrusted with that care. A legitimate reason would be that the two parents need extensive and ongoing care themselves. I don't think that most disabled people fall into this category, e.g. blond and deaf people are often quite capable of managing on their own with minimal help. But those that do ought not to be allowed to adopt. The important thing is to look after the best interests of the child.
There has been a campaign in The Times, and perhaps other newspapers as well, to change the guidelines for adoption to allow adoptive/ foster parents to take in children of a different cultural background from their own. The councils have felt, perhaps with some good reason, that the cultural clash could be damaging for the child. I'm not so sure that this is a legitimate reason not to allow an adoption, as the council's care system can't provide the right cultural environment either and two loving parents would be far better placed to adapt their lifestyle as needed to suit the child.
Anyway no, it's not like with like at all as compared with same-sex parents. There are legitimate reasons not to allow some disabled couples to adopt. It is becoming increasingly clear that there are no such reasons to deny same-sex couples the right to adopt.
Minor aside, Sharingan: "its", not "it's", in the possessive case.
There has been a campaign in The Times, and perhaps other newspapers as well, to change the guidelines for adoption to allow adoptive/ foster parents to take in children of a different cultural background from their own. The councils have felt, perhaps with some good reason, that the cultural clash could be damaging for the child. I'm not so sure that this is a legitimate reason not to allow an adoption, as the council's care system can't provide the right cultural environment either and two loving parents would be far better placed to adapt their lifestyle as needed to suit the child.
Anyway no, it's not like with like at all as compared with same-sex parents. There are legitimate reasons not to allow some disabled couples to adopt. It is becoming increasingly clear that there are no such reasons to deny same-sex couples the right to adopt.
Minor aside, Sharingan: "its", not "it's", in the possessive case.
lol Jim "blond and deaf" was that a freudian slip?
inter ethnic adoption guidance is old news now, this article is from 2011
http:// www.tel egraph. co.uk/e ducatio n/educa tionnew s/83351 82/Whit e-coupl es-must -be-all owed-to -adopt- ethnic- childre n-new-g uidance -says.h tml
and quite right too. It has happened in the US for many many years without incident or problem
http:// www.cho colateh airvani llacare .com
this website started to help non black parents to learn about the skin and haircare needs of black children, but the website and the concept has widened to cover much more.
inter ethnic adoption guidance is old news now, this article is from 2011
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and quite right too. It has happened in the US for many many years without incident or problem
http://
this website started to help non black parents to learn about the skin and haircare needs of black children, but the website and the concept has widened to cover much more.
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