How old were you Tweed when you were told you were adopted? Also, how much flak did you take from other kids? You don't have to answer those, just curious.

A lot of the way adoption is handled by parents now sometimes has precluded the "freakiness" of the situation. Where I will certainly agree with you is in the "Best Interest" idea, although many will disagree on what "Best Interest" really is. A lot of work is being done to find a case to take to the Supreme Court to get a ruling as to whether a child has a liberty interest under the 14th Amendment. I think they do, but that's just me.

In general, the process that takes children into adoptive situations is so completely overcome in it's own PCness that it's tough to make a call anymore. Native americans are still winning cases where the adoptee is only 1/32 Native American. On the other hand, adoptive parents, especially those of us of a liberal bent like myself, need to be hammered hard on the idea of cross-racial adoption if they live in communities such as I do. Too often we get in situations where the children are our "weapon" to change society with no real regard for the way the child is affected.

geeziz, I could write a book........

Spaw