Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 3/23/84; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!cbosgd!rbg From: rbg@cbosgd.UUCP (Richard Goldschmidt) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: single parenting Message-ID: <215@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Aug-84 14:16:37 EDT Article-I.D.: cbosgd.215 Posted: Tue Aug 7 14:16:37 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Aug-84 08:42:51 EDT Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 16 One of the arguments against single parenting suggested was adoption. It is worth pointing out that it almost would be impossible for for a single person to adopt a normal healthy baby. According to a friend who is a fertility counselor, an unmarried woman MIGHT be allowed to adopt an older, handicapped child, if she met a variety of conditions whcih are much more stringent than even those for a married couple. There is also something to be said for the mutual growth of child-rearing (which doesn't happen in quite the same way with an "older" child). Adoption might be a viable alternative if it were easier. Did you ever notice all those personal ads in college newspapers from sincere, loving, responsible couples looking for a baby to adopt? Rich Goldschmidt UUCP: {ucbvax|ihnp4|decvax|allegra}!cbosgd!rbg ARPA: cbosgd!rbg@Berkeley.ARPA