http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/parenting-after-placement-dealing-with-n-1 A blog for and about parents who have placed a child for adoption. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:23:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/parenting-after-placement-dealing-with-n-1/comment-page-1#comment-1943 thomasina Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:19:42 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/02/12/parenting-after-placement-dealing-with-n-1#comment-1943 Watching milestones my parented children make (in no small measure because the way they were parented!!!!) vs. the milestones my placed son DOESN't make (in no small measure because of the way he was parented) makes me more and more resentful about having been told that I wasn't good enough to parent (too young/unmarried). What a wonder fantasy the agency and my parents spun about all the advantages he would have in life if I would just stop being so selfish and place him! HAH! What a bunch of bull I was fed. Watching milestones my parented children make (in no small measure because the way they were parented!!!!) vs. the milestones my placed son DOESN’t make (in no small measure because of the way he was parented) makes me more and more resentful about having been told that I wasn’t good enough to parent (too young/unmarried). What a wonder fantasy the agency and my parents spun about all the advantages he would have in life if I would just stop being so selfish and place him! HAH! What a bunch of bull I was fed.

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