We don't owe anyone anything. Stop telling adoptees who they have a right to call family. Something profound happened to us (we were adopted!), and we're the only ones who get to define the relationships in our lives. Your uninformed opinions don't matter. If this makes you angry, I don't care. 🥚
Connections with biological family can surface deep tensions within adoptive families, particularly when adoptive parents experience those relationships as threatening, raising broader questions about autonomy and full acceptance within adoptive relationships. buff.ly/kvbOiXz 🥚
Eighteen years of parenting outweighs a few years of reconnection.
