tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post5103914224402559326..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: AdoptionJean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-26283078971951341112011-12-10T11:49:12.925-06:002011-12-10T11:49:12.925-06:00Maybe if we look at the issue from another angle.....Maybe if we look at the issue from another angle... What exactly >is< parenting? Its kinda like teaching, except in a much more intimate and broad way. Whereas teaching is usually specific (in school its divided into subjects) and non-intimate to a degree (teachers don't wake up at midnight to ease nightmares nor care for students when they are ill). On top of educating, you have Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627147979307495870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-35614500628469465142011-12-09T14:13:13.990-06:002011-12-09T14:13:13.990-06:00Yes, it’s great series of little books – i.e. book...Yes, it’s great series of little books – i.e. books students will actually read! Peter Singer’s <em>A Darwinian Left</em> (from the same series) is a real work of art, I think.<br /><br />I have a special interest in the topic of adoption for various reasons. My wife was adopted (and was told the truth from day one). Her adoptive parents were brilliant, in my opinion, by reminding her that she Jeremy Bowmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-22602886535573602472011-12-09T13:09:41.329-06:002011-12-09T13:09:41.329-06:00Great book suggestion-- thank you very much. I'...Great book suggestion-- thank you very much. I'll get my hands on that. If it says adoptive parents compare negatively, I'll be very surprised ... but intrigued.<br /><br />By the way, I think it's a bad idea to compare adoptive parents as a group to biological parents as a group, as far as parenting ability is concerned. It's not an apples-to-apples comparison, because adoptiveJean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-20394898486308371922011-12-09T13:00:35.083-06:002011-12-09T13:00:35.083-06:00The folklore of the world (like “Cinderella” in Eu...The folklore of the world (like “Cinderella” in Europe) tells of the mistreatment of adopted children and stepchildren. We ignore these and similar signs at our peril – or rather, the peril of children. It is not a foregone conclusion that non-biological parents will treat children with less solicitude, of course, but evolutionary theory suggests it is much more likely, and it seems to be borne Jeremy Bowmannoreply@blogger.com