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featuring Parenting Advice, Child
Care and Child Raising Advice. Sara
not only has children and grand
children, but also has a degree in
Psychology, a masters degree in
Family Counseling and was a family
specialist in Lousville, Ky for more
than 10 years.
featuring Parenting Advice, Child
Care and Child Raising Advice. Sara
not only has children and grand
children, but also has a degree in
Psychology, a masters degree in
Family Counseling and was a family
specialist in Lousville, Ky for more
than 10 years.
Dear Sara answers parenting and child raising
questions from readers, new columns are
posted on Mondays and Thursdays, this column
was published July 2, 2009
Dear Sara,
I live in a neighborhood that is less
than desirable. A lot of the kids here
end up bad, either on drugs or
selling. I promised myself that I
wouldn’t end up pregnant with no
man to help me raise my child.
Well, here I am, pregnant with no
man in sight. I’m the first to admit, I
made a mistake. I’ve decided to
give my baby up for adoption so that
I can continue school and get a
decent job.
I found out that the couple who
wants to adopt my baby is white and
I am black. My baby will be raised
in a whole different culture. I am
having second thoughts. Can my
baby be happy in a situation like
this?
Tamera
Dear Tamera,
The line between black and white is
getting dimmer all of the time. Your
baby will be raised in a different
environment, but isn’t this what you
say you want? Couples who adopt
are carefully screened. They have to
really want a baby to go through all of
that. You baby will be truly loved and
wanted.
I’m sure that you will have second
thoughts (and third and fourth). This
is your baby after all and you will love
him or her until the day you die,
whether you raise him yourself or
someone else does.
You have made a rational decision to
give your baby up so that she will be
safe but you still have to deal with
your emotions. If you go with your
emotions, you may have to put your
career on hold, you will be raising
your baby on your own and he will be
in an environment that you know isn’t
safe.
If your go with your rational thoughts,
you don’t exactly know what kind of
life your child will have but you
anticipate that it will be safer, with
fewer opportunities to be exposed to
drugs. Since the couple who is
adopting really wants a baby, you can
assume that no matter what color
your baby is, that he or she will be
loved.
You are the only one who can make
this decision for your baby. I hope
that you can be at peace, no matter
what decision you come to.
Sara
questions from readers, new columns are
posted on Mondays and Thursdays, this column
was published July 2, 2009
Dear Sara,
I live in a neighborhood that is less
than desirable. A lot of the kids here
end up bad, either on drugs or
selling. I promised myself that I
wouldn’t end up pregnant with no
man to help me raise my child.
Well, here I am, pregnant with no
man in sight. I’m the first to admit, I
made a mistake. I’ve decided to
give my baby up for adoption so that
I can continue school and get a
decent job.
I found out that the couple who
wants to adopt my baby is white and
I am black. My baby will be raised
in a whole different culture. I am
having second thoughts. Can my
baby be happy in a situation like
this?
Tamera
Dear Tamera,
The line between black and white is
getting dimmer all of the time. Your
baby will be raised in a different
environment, but isn’t this what you
say you want? Couples who adopt
are carefully screened. They have to
really want a baby to go through all of
that. You baby will be truly loved and
wanted.
I’m sure that you will have second
thoughts (and third and fourth). This
is your baby after all and you will love
him or her until the day you die,
whether you raise him yourself or
someone else does.
You have made a rational decision to
give your baby up so that she will be
safe but you still have to deal with
your emotions. If you go with your
emotions, you may have to put your
career on hold, you will be raising
your baby on your own and he will be
in an environment that you know isn’t
safe.
If your go with your rational thoughts,
you don’t exactly know what kind of
life your child will have but you
anticipate that it will be safer, with
fewer opportunities to be exposed to
drugs. Since the couple who is
adopting really wants a baby, you can
assume that no matter what color
your baby is, that he or she will be
loved.
You are the only one who can make
this decision for your baby. I hope
that you can be at peace, no matter
what decision you come to.
Sara