[in_cahoots]

Looking at the children up for adoption today, a large portion seem to come from families with many other siblings. Who would have thought that children with special needs require dedicated attention?!

The other thing I was surprised to see is how many of these kids ‘love Jesus’ and want to go to a traditional (i.e. straight Christian) family. I would think that any loving family is better than being unwanted, regardless of their religion and genders.

[ratww]

Yep. Kinda breaks my heart that the girl mentioned in the first paragraphs was given back because the adoptive parents left church :/

[lupire]

> these kids ‘love Jesus’ and want to go to a traditional (i.e. straight Christian)

"These kids" don't want that.

[wizzwizz4]

Sometimes they do. I don't know how to tell the difference between “child's desires are being listened to” and “people are speaking for the child” other than talking to them – and often, children don't feel comfortable speaking their minds even when they're assured it's safe to do so, so it's hard for me to tell even then. (Ymmv: I imagine skilled practitioners of social-fu can tell the difference.)

But just because adults are saying that a child wants something, that doesn't mean the child doesn't want that thing.