Dear Jenessa and Prospective and Current Adoptive Parents, Birth Parents in hiding, Nay-Saying Adoptees and the Non-Adopted who think they know more about Adoption than Me.
Jenessa Simons I was disheartened today to read comments to an article about Jenessa Simons who was looking for her birth parents in Utah. It just never ceases to amaze me as to how many myths, opinions and blatant ill-regard for our fellow man, that is present on comment boards on each and every adoption-related article I read. Je nessa was looking for her birth parents and used Facebook to get the word out. ( Article Here) As I was scrolling through the comments, I couldn’t believe what I was reading. At least half of the comments were positive and supportive of Je nessa but many of them had comments that just leaped off the page for me. Really? You are going to chastise this person for searching for what the majority have as their birth right? Let’s look at some of these comments. BIOLOGICAL PARENTS ARE JUST DNA (NOTHING MORE) I have heard Dr. Laura on her radio program state this in regards...