In light of the Circle of Moms fiasco, iAdoptee started a contest for the Top 25 Adoptee Rights Blogs Written by Adoptive Mothers. To qualify the blog author must be an adoptive mother and they must have done at least one post about adoptee's rights to their original birth certificates.
I am proud and honored to say I made the list.
Unfortunately it is a pretty short list which makes me sad because adoptive moms SHOULD care that their children are denied their OBC even after they reach adulthood. In fact, I would go so far and say that for an a-mom not to care about this issue makes them pretty darn selfish. The hard work of being an adoptive parent means remembering that it isn't about you. The minute that baby is separated from from their first family it stops being about you and starts being about them. And this is a huge issue for adoptees- it is a huge issue for first families and it must be a huge issue for adoptive families too. So adoptive moms- it's time for us to step up to the plate and realize that providing adoptees with their OBC is about fairness and justice and not about us at all. So fellow a-moms.... Let's hear your voices.
2 comments:
I agree that it is sad that iAdoptee's list is so short. However, I would argue that just because an adoptive mom hasn't blogged about the injustice of adoptee's limited access to their OBC it doesn't mean that she doesn't care. At least I don't want anyone to think I don't care just because I haven't written about it yet.
~ Jill
Oh I agree that there are many a-moms who do care about it who haven't blogged about it. I only recently really learned about the issue as well. But I do think there are a contingent of a-moms who don't blog about it because the current situation works for them. This is more of a challenge for those of us who do care to add our voices to the chorus of people calling for change.
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