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LESSON 229
“As comfortable as I was with my
adoption, the nature-versus-nurture
question has been a big one for
me. I adore my parents, but I
always wondered if I would feel a
different kind of love-not more or
less, just different-for someone
who was biologically related.”

Emily Procter
(American actress)
It’s very common for people
to adopt kids/teens from
third world countries. In
your opinion, why is that?
Which affects adopted children
most: their genetics or the
homes in which they grow up?
 If you want to legally adopt a child you have to go through a
considerable bureaucracy in order to prove that you will be able
to provide a good home for the child. However, if two people
produce a child biologically there are no such checks. Should
people who produce children naturally have to go through the
series of checks as those who adopt? Why not?
 What do you think about twins or family
members being separated at adoption? Should
children have a right to know they have been
adopted? At what age should they be told?
 If children's biological parents are still alive,
should the children have an automatic right to
contact them? Should the biological parents have
any contact with the adopted child? If you had
been adopted do you think you would want to
discover your biological parents? Why?