Articles Book III - Pg 300-560 (Birthparents) - triadoption

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They Call Us Birth Mothers
Thry call us birlh malhcrs. Wc arc
wamcn who llavr filvcn ap our
rhlldrcn lor adop~ion. We are ,110
called blologlcal mothen. S~~lloth.
rrs call us "natural molhers"-
altlla~~~h lor many ihls term Is m
allrant lo the role ol m adopllvc
mother. I suggest lo you that
women who rurrrndcr rhlldren lo
adopllon are slmply mnhrn.
In her artlrle The lnevltablc
Qunllon*(Vol.I.No. zI.SusrnK11-
banoll polnls out that an rdoplcd
rhild has a need to know his or her
pasl, genrllc hlstory. and roots. I
. . would llkc lo add that lust as the
. . adopted chlld it naturslly carlous
hls or her past. so, Iw, Is the chlld's
. . orlsinal molhrr.
Women who surrender children
~~do~lion,mmrdln(rtuM~.Kllb~n.
off, ~encrally do so to provldc
them wllh a bcllcr home than the
women ihemsrlves can offer. Thls
. . Is very rclf.sacrl11cln~ pldurr of
Ihcmolhrr. It b also true that there
art many womrn who do nd surrcndcr
thelr childrcn voluntarily,
Some molherr who fed that they
rrr qulte able lo provlde a s d
homcarepressurrdlnlorclinqulsh-
In8 thrlr chlldren by social workcn,
. . parents. and adoplion a~cncies.
Whatever the reason lor giving
up their chlldrcn, l~owever, most
mothrrs Ion8 lo know Ihrt thrlr
children are all right andarecurlous
about their clrcumstanccs. And In
atlrmpllng to ulisly lhls curlwlty,
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mothers who have surrmdrred
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chlldren lor adoptlon are delratcd
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