Growing Up With A Single Mother: Same Sex Adoption
It’s difficult to imagine growing up with two moms, or two dads. I have never thought about having more than one mom. My entire life I have grown up with a single mother. I strongly disagreed with Katie from the episode 30 days segment titled, same sex parenting. After watching this episode it made me realize how single minded people can be, if two of the same gender want to adopt children they should be able to adopt.
Watching this episode got me thinking, about how same sex couples have a hard time adopting children. Even though I wasn’t adopted, I did grow up with a single mother, it got me thinking about my life and how blessed I am. While watching this episode it showed two young adults that were in foster care, but eventually aged out.
They never got adopted but wished anyone would have adopted them. If same sex couples had an easier time adopting, children like this would get a forever family and minimize the number of children in foster care. When both of these young adults said they wished they had any family that would be a forever family, it got me thinking. Same sex couples want to have children, but can’t naturally have children. Since there is a bunch of children in foster care, they should be allowed to adopt. Same sex couples are not accidental parents, they become parents very intentionally. Heterosexual couples can have children that they don’t want. Heterosexual couples don’t want children, and a lot of them end up in foster care. While same sex couples want children, but can’t have children. The same sex couple would make amazing parents. As long as the children are in loving homes with the necessaries, it should not matter if there is two dads, or two moms, or a mom and a dad. If the children are happy it should not matter if they have heterosexual parents.
When the 30 days episode began, I was prepared to witness children in foster care, while same sex couples wanted to adopt but couldn’t. As the episode went on, I started to see through the eyes of foster children that were never adopted. I felt the pain that these children felt living with feeling like no one loved them, and just wanting a full family. Growing up with a single mother that was something I always wanted. Even though the children in foster care hurt, they found ways to cope, and got better every day. The young adults that never got a forever home, and aged out of foster care, made me realize that there is a happy ended. Just because things don’t look bright now, eventually things will turn around. It made me realize I need to stop feeling sorry for myself because I have a single mother. It made me realize how grateful I am for my mother.
Watching this episode got me thinking, about how same sex couples have a hard time adopting children. Even though I wasn’t adopted, I did grow up with a single mother, it got me thinking about my life and how blessed I am. While watching this episode it showed two young adults that were in foster care, but eventually aged out.
They never got adopted but wished anyone would have adopted them. If same sex couples had an easier time adopting, children like this would get a forever family and minimize the number of children in foster care. When both of these young adults said they wished they had any family that would be a forever family, it got me thinking. Same sex couples want to have children, but can’t naturally have children. Since there is a bunch of children in foster care, they should be allowed to adopt. Same sex couples are not accidental parents, they become parents very intentionally. Heterosexual couples can have children that they don’t want. Heterosexual couples don’t want children, and a lot of them end up in foster care. While same sex couples want children, but can’t have children. The same sex couple would make amazing parents. As long as the children are in loving homes with the necessaries, it should not matter if there is two dads, or two moms, or a mom and a dad. If the children are happy it should not matter if they have heterosexual parents.
When the 30 days episode began, I was prepared to witness children in foster care, while same sex couples wanted to adopt but couldn’t. As the episode went on, I started to see through the eyes of foster children that were never adopted. I felt the pain that these children felt living with feeling like no one loved them, and just wanting a full family. Growing up with a single mother that was something I always wanted. Even though the children in foster care hurt, they found ways to cope, and got better every day. The young adults that never got a forever home, and aged out of foster care, made me realize that there is a happy ended. Just because things don’t look bright now, eventually things will turn around. It made me realize I need to stop feeling sorry for myself because I have a single mother. It made me realize how grateful I am for my mother.