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I am all for adoption.
And usually it works out quite well.
However, it really is a "pig in a poke" situation.
A lot of my patients have either ceded parental rights or have had them taken away.
Many of these are babies that would be considered "high premium" on the adoption market ... cute, white, blue-eyed bundles of joy.
With a family history of mental illness and/or extreme substance abuse from both parents.
I see a lot of frustrated parents whose story starts with "Well, I adopted Timmy at birth, and it turns out that his mom was ... "
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