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wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layoutntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa emTC body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Earlier this week, <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>BBC Woman’s Hour</em></a> posted a clip of their terview wh former BBC journalist Eleanor Bradford to talk about her experienc of <a href=">adoptn</a>, and specifilly about her “heartbreakg” cisn to return her adopted child to re after eight years.</p><p>I am an adoptee myself, who was lucky to be adopted shortly after birth and given a better life than I probably would have had elsewhere. When I saw this pop up on Twter, I was cur, but what she said appalled me. Bradford said that she cid to give her son back to re bee of his behavural issu, which ed problems for her other son (they are blogil brothers), what is termed by profsnals as a “failed adoptn.”</p><div class="ExternalLkEmbedWrapper-hNDkqw iAjBCX" data-ttid="external-lk-embed--le"><div class="ExternalLkEmbedText-glBTSy dUElDU"><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedRubric-hYBGeO dQqwqj hKBANj">Read More</div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embedhed-lk button" href="/article/parentg-stori-lgbt-muny"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedHed-dSIMOS iUEiRd jBLZGn gsZLZF">People the LGBTQIA+ muny are sharg their parentg stori, powerfully celebratg all the different rout to parenthood</span></a><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ExternalLkEmbedByl-fFFaGd eNAzyl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH ivANBc byle bylbyle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU bylename"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd gcro gnILss bylepreamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd iIYRds elQYNM eErqIx bylename-lk button" href="/profile/ali-pantony">Ali Pantony</a></span></span></p></div></div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embedimage-lk" href="/article/parentg-stori-lgbt-muny"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ExternalLkEmbedRponsiveImage-iGydLQ dGzCDw rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Clothg, Apparel, Human, Person, and Sleeve" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></a></div><p>Failed adoptns do not happen often, wh <a href=">chief executive at the chary Adoptn UK sayg that “only… around 3 to 4%” occur each year.</a> But, what happens the suatns are extremely private and are ually on the remendatn of profsnals who feel that a child might be better served elsewhere. It is credibly rare that an adoptive mother would choose to “return” their child to re like an unwanted Christmas gift.</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>She mentned that though the fay feels “an empts” om the absence of her son, she said wasn’t “entirely negative” bee she now uld place her bag on the table. In a piece wrten for <a href="><em>The Sunday Tim</em></a> over the weekend, Bradford explaed that her son was “termed to create a chaotic environment,” and implied that he was prone to theft, th forcg her to lock away her purse and hi the key om him. Luckily for her, she no longer has to do that!</p><asi aria-hidn="te" class="PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf kSvFrP"><div class="PullQuoteDerativeBorr-sc-iUyOLj dqiCGR"></div><div class="PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx jMYlRy"><p>It is credibly rare that an adoptive mother would choose to “return” their child to re like an unwanted Christmas gift.</p></div></asi><p>Though Bradford claims this cisn was bt for all volved, and has “ret” her relatnship wh her son, she entirely overlooked the trma associated wh this cisn, poundg the feelgs of abandonment he likely experienced prr to adoptn. </p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-unslot nsumer-marketg-unslot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-unslot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>Pl, there has been a lack of nsiratn as to how his younger brother might feel about this. Bradford’s cisn to adopt both boys was to keep them om beg separated the first place, but bee one didn’t turn out perfect, the brothers were separated anyway. </p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="adslot adslot---ntent" data-no-id="oamvto"></div></div><p>She wrote, “the younger one is a joy to parent: a poster boy for adoptn,” which is an abhorrent way to discs adoptn. Adoptn is not like pick-n-mix, you don’t get to throw away the imperfect on. What about the long-lastg trma for the younger child, who may feel like every ltle mistake uld be the reason he is sent away like his brother?</p><div class="ExternalLkEmbedWrapper-hNDkqw iAjBCX" data-ttid="external-lk-embed--le"><div class="ExternalLkEmbedText-glBTSy dUElDU"><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedRubric-hYBGeO dQqwqj hKBANj">Read More</div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embedhed-lk button" href="/article/parentg-a-transgenr-child"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedHed-dSIMOS iUEiRd jBLZGn gsZLZF">'Mama, I need to go back your tummy, so I n e out aga as a girl': My story of raisg a transgenr dghter</span></a><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedDek-btrWcN iUEiRd eUcgVF jwHNCY">"We have to listen closely to the kids who are sayg, "I n't bear this. I n't survive this puberty. I n't live this body""</p><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ExternalLkEmbedByl-fFFaGd eNAzyl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH ivANBc byle bylbyle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU bylename"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd gcro gnILss bylepreamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd iIYRds elQYNM eErqIx bylename-lk button" href="/profile/ali-pantony">Ali Pantony</a></span></span></p></div></div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embedimage-lk" href="/article/parentg-a-transgenr-child"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ExternalLkEmbedRponsiveImage-iGydLQ dGzCDw rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Clothg, Apparel, Human, Person, Footwear, and Shoe" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></a></div><p>I was never a ‘perfect child’, and many rpects, I certaly do not live up to some expectatns that were set for me at a young age. My mum wanted me to be a lawyer, live at home Hong Kong, and live up to the ial of a ‘perfect Che dghter’. Instead, I am a journalist livg the U.K, away om beg a ‘perfect Che dghter’ but this isn’t a reason for abandonment.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Bradford also said: “It’s ironic that we have done so much to give those children a better life, and yet when go wrong, we are unsupported, and we n’t speak out.”, argug that there is a taboo faced by people who go through “failed adoptns.”</p><asi aria-hidn="te" class="PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf kSvFrP"><div class="PullQuoteDerativeBorr-sc-iUyOLj dqiCGR"></div><div class="PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx jMYlRy"><p>The “stigma” that Bradford says she has faced for her cisn is well and tly jtified.</p></div></asi><p>Her rhetoric, and the amg of her suatn by the BBC, suggts that she is a kd-hearted person who fell victim to the failur of the adoptn and re system, wh her distrs beg more paramount than the re served by her child. 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should-hold-space"><div class="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="5wxbqe"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layoutntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa emTC body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>Centrg herself the narrative, she did not mentn how her son reacted to beg ‘left behd’ aga, forced back to re after eight years wh who he thought was his “forever fay”. She adds that she “is still his mum”, and that the fay stay regular ntact wh him. But children, whether adopted or blogil, should not be treated this way. </p><p>The “stigma” that Bradford says she has faced for her cisn is well and tly jtified: adopted children should not be treated like a crappy gift om a distant relative, we n’t be sent back for store cred.</p><div class="ExternalLkEmbedWrapper-hNDkqw iAjBCX" data-ttid="external-lk-embed--le"><div class="ExternalLkEmbedText-glBTSy dUElDU"><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedRubric-hYBGeO dQqwqj hKBANj">Read More</div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embedhed-lk button" href="/article/postnatal-prsn-ronavis-panmic"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedHed-dSIMOS iUEiRd jBLZGn gsZLZF">The post-natal prsn panmic: Why is no one talkg about the mental health fallout of mums who gave birth durg Covid?</span></a><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedDek-btrWcN iUEiRd eUcgVF jwHNCY">“This wasn't how was supposed to be”</p><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ExternalLkEmbedByl-fFFaGd eNAzyl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH ivANBc byle bylbyle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU bylename"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd gcro gnILss bylepreamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd iIYRds elQYNM eErqIx bylename-lk button" href="/profile/luciana-belli">Luciana Belli</a></span></span></p></div></div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embedimage-lk" href="/article/postnatal-prsn-ronavis-panmic"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ExternalLkEmbedRponsiveImage-iGydLQ dGzCDw rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Back, Sk, Clothg, Apparel, Human, and Person" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></a></div><p>We serve rpect and we serve to have lovg fai who will support through ups and downs, jt like you would a blogil child. If a blogil child was actg out and exhibg “behavural issu,” you would likely seek unsellg or behavural adjtment therapy, perhaps send them to a new school wh more stcture, or a number of other solutns – you wouldn’t give them away or leave them to fend for themselv.</p><asi aria-hidn="te" class="PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf kSvFrP"><div class="PullQuoteDerativeBorr-sc-iUyOLj dqiCGR"></div><div class="PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx jMYlRy"><p>Adopted children should not be treated differently – when an adoptive parent signs on the dotted le agreeg to re for that child, they bee yours for life.</p></div></asi><p>Parents face a myriad of issu om their children, which n volve drkg, dgs, teenage pregnancy, bad gras, stealg, or anythg else they may disapprove of. What they do such suatns is dividual to the needs of the parent and the child, but I would bet that the majory of parents out there would stand by and support their children unndnally, if they n, bee that’s their child. Adopted children should not be treated differently – when an adoptive parent signs on the dotted le agreeg to re for that child, they bee yours for life.</p><p>As an adoptee who fely ticked off almost every box on the ‘difficult teenager’ checklist, I nnot be more thankful that my adoptive parents did not make the same cisn as Bradford. I often stayed out all night drkg, would shoplift for the thrill, and have experimented wh dgs. But, not once did they ever nsir ‘sendg me back’ bee I was their child, for better or for worse.</p><div class="ExternalLkEmbedWrapper-hNDkqw iAjBCX" data-ttid="external-lk-embed--le"><div class="ExternalLkEmbedText-glBTSy dUElDU"><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedRubric-hYBGeO dQqwqj hKBANj">Read More</div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embedhed-lk button" href="/article/breastfeedg-grief"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedHed-dSIMOS iUEiRd jBLZGn gsZLZF">‘A fundamental motherg experience had been snatched om me’: Why we need to talk about breastfeedg grief</span></a><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedDek-btrWcN iUEiRd eUcgVF jwHNCY">In the UK, almost half of women who start out breastfeedg have stopped by six weeks. </p><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ExternalLkEmbedByl-fFFaGd eNAzyl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH ivANBc byle bylbyle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU bylename"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd gcro gnILss bylepreamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd iIYRds elQYNM eErqIx bylename-lk button" href="/profile/luciana-belli">Luciana Belli</a></span></span></p></div></div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embedimage-lk" href="/article/breastfeedg-grief"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ExternalLkEmbedRponsiveImage-iGydLQ dGzCDw rponsive-image"><img alt="article image" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></a></div><p>There are so many fai the UK who want children and I’m sure many of them would fd Bradford’s cisn abhorrent as they would do anythg to have a child, cludg one that may have a disabily or be nrodivergent, like her son. But, unlike most of them, she gave up on helpg her child overe the challeng that he faced. </p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>I am not the only person, nor the only adoptee who feels this way. Deputy Edor of <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>The Face Magaze</em></a> Jsi Man <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">tweeted yterday:</a> “As someone who is adopted, I fd this woman absolutely repulsive. Children are not toys, nor are they disposable like this. If you adopt a child, you do the work. Y, we e wh baggage, trma, issu, even mental health issu and puttg them back re only hurts them more.”</p><p>There are untls more tweets and reactns to Bradford’s story, all exprsg the same shock and disapproval at her son beg sent back to re, as well as her choice to publicly announce like is somethg to be proud of. </p><p>Adoptn is a very noble prospect, and those that n give children a home are to be ld. 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gay adoption stories gone wrong

23 Dec 2024

The Catholic church should be allowed to ny same-sex upl the right to adopt. So says Cardal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. Kate Hilpern, who helps to place children new hom, and was adopted herself, explas why he's wrong. And five gay parents share their experienc of brgg up a fay

GAY ADOPTN: TE STORI

* gay adoption stories gone wrong *

If you're a lbian or gay dividual or uple, that bravery is all the greater.

Ined, lbian and gay people disproportnately adopt those harst to place, cludg olr children, children wh disabili and children wh emotnal difficulti. It is also the se that the adoptns rarely break down, and there is evince of healthy and happy out for the fact, I n remember some circumstanc where I'd say was preferable for a child to be placed a gay or lbian hoehold.

A lbian uple rose to the challenge and the rult was the emergence of a child wh hope for the future, agast all his gripe agast the forthg Equaly Act (which will mand that Catholic adoptn agenci nsir gay upl as prospective adoptive parents), Cardal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor has foced on the petg rights between Catholics and their personal nscience and of particular groups such as gay and lbians. Unls Catholic adoptn agenci are exempted om havg to let gay upl pass through their doors, he says they may be forced to close down rather than "act agast their nscienc" if you look at the make-up of Catholic adoptn agenci, which acunted for 4 per cent of the 2, 900 UK adoptns last year, you'll often fd a signifint proportn of staff who are not Catholic, perhaps not even relig. After all, while the Equaly Act, due to e to effect England, Wal and Stland April, outlaws discrimatn the provisn of goods, facili and servic on the basis of sexual orientatn, no gay uple their right md would seek the servic of a Catholic adoptn agency, given the church's views on the issue of homosexualy.

PAT ROBERTSON: GAY ADOPTN IS WRONG

Nobody mentns that we're gay, and 's great to live a town where 's so accepted.

You always expect to face some sort of prejudice, even though there are que a few gay fai this is que bright and knows he has a daddy and a papa, whereas some other kids have a mommy and a daddy.

But there are two other gay upl the school, so he don't feel pletely alone. The issue is not whether parents are sgle or a uple, gay or straight, but how much they have to offer to the child. Beg brought up by a gay man certaly don't turn children gay - que the oppose seems, I've never seen a gay adult who is the product of gay 's weird for me seeg that the children I tried to foster are now back the same environment as before I looked after them.

EXPERTS WORLDWI FD GAY ADOPTN HARMFUL FOR CHILDREN

I don't know what some people thk gay people do, but I like blok - not three-year-old children. If 's not racism 's homophobia, if 's not homophobia 's somethg else.

As a gay uple you have to go through so much more - and 's the same for straight upl who want to adopt.

To go through what you go through as a gay uple tryg to adopt, you have to be really passnate about adoptg, which is why took so long to ci to do . I certaly don't thk that children adopted by gay upl will grow up nfed about their sexualy jt bee they have same-sex parents. 'Adoptn by gays is more mon the Stat - even Catholics don't thk anythg of 'Andrew Hewt, 45, and Tony Wright, 46, have two adopted children - Bryan, seven, and Gabe, four.

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kJkLmH article-body__ntent"><div class="ArticlePageChunksContent-etcMtP bwyLBj"><div data-ttid="ArticlePageChunks" class="ArticlePageChunks-fLyCVG eOdfIs"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa emTC body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Earlier this week, <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>BBC Woman’s Hour</em></a> posted a clip of their terview wh former BBC journalist Eleanor Bradford to talk about her experienc of <a href=">adoptn</a>, and specifilly about her “heartbreakg” cisn to return her adopted child to re after eight years.</p><p>I am an adoptee myself, who was lucky to be adopted shortly after birth and given a better life than I probably would have had elsewhere. When I saw this pop up on Twter, I was cur, but what she said appalled me. Bradford said that she cid to give her son back to re bee of his behavural issu, which ed problems for her other son (they are blogil brothers), what is termed by profsnals as a “failed adoptn.”</p><div class="ExternalLkEmbedWrapper-hNDkqw iAjBCX" data-ttid="external-lk-embed--le"><div class="ExternalLkEmbedText-glBTSy dUElDU"><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedRubric-hYBGeO dQqwqj hKBANj">Read More</div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embed__hed-lk button" href="/article/parentg-stori-lgbt-muny"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedHed-dSIMOS iUEiRd jBLZGn gsZLZF">People the LGBTQIA+ muny are sharg their parentg stori, powerfully celebratg all the different rout to parenthood</span></a><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ExternalLkEmbedByl-fFFaGd eNAzyl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH ivANBc byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd gcro gnILss byle__preamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd iIYRds elQYNM eErqIx byle__name-lk button" href="/profile/ali-pantony">Ali Pantony</a></span></span></p></div></div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embed__image-lk" href="/article/parentg-stori-lgbt-muny"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ExternalLkEmbedRponsiveImage-iGydLQ dGzCDw rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Clothg, Apparel, Human, Person, and Sleeve" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></a></div><p>Failed adoptns do not happen often, wh <a href=">chief executive at the chary Adoptn UK sayg that “only… around 3 to 4%” occur each year.</a> But, what happens the suatns are extremely private and are ually on the remendatn of profsnals who feel that a child might be better served elsewhere. It is credibly rare that an adoptive mother would choose to “return” their child to re like an unwanted Christmas gift.</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>She mentned that though the fay feels “an empts” om the absence of her son, she said wasn’t “entirely negative” bee she now uld place her bag on the table. In a piece wrten for <a href="><em>The Sunday Tim</em></a> over the weekend, Bradford explaed that her son was “termed to create a chaotic environment,” and implied that he was prone to theft, th forcg her to lock away her purse and hi the key om him. Luckily for her, she no longer has to do that!</p><asi aria-hidn="te" class="PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf kSvFrP"><div class="PullQuoteDerativeBorr-sc-iUyOLj dqiCGR"></div><div class="PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx jMYlRy"><p>It is credibly rare that an adoptive mother would choose to “return” their child to re like an unwanted Christmas gift.</p></div></asi><p>Though Bradford claims this cisn was bt for all volved, and has “ret” her relatnship wh her son, she entirely overlooked the trma associated wh this cisn, poundg the feelgs of abandonment he likely experienced prr to adoptn. </p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>Pl, there has been a lack of nsiratn as to how his younger brother might feel about this. Bradford’s cisn to adopt both boys was to keep them om beg separated the first place, but bee one didn’t turn out perfect, the brothers were separated anyway. </p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="oamvto"></div></div><p>She wrote, “the younger one is a joy to parent: a poster boy for adoptn,” which is an abhorrent way to discs adoptn. Adoptn is not like pick-n-mix, you don’t get to throw away the imperfect on. What about the long-lastg trma for the younger child, who may feel like every ltle mistake uld be the reason he is sent away like his brother?</p><div class="ExternalLkEmbedWrapper-hNDkqw iAjBCX" data-ttid="external-lk-embed--le"><div class="ExternalLkEmbedText-glBTSy dUElDU"><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedRubric-hYBGeO dQqwqj hKBANj">Read More</div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embed__hed-lk button" href="/article/parentg-a-transgenr-child"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedHed-dSIMOS iUEiRd jBLZGn gsZLZF">'Mama, I need to go back your tummy, so I n e out aga as a girl': My story of raisg a transgenr dghter</span></a><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedDek-btrWcN iUEiRd eUcgVF jwHNCY">"We have to listen closely to the kids who are sayg, "I n't bear this. I n't survive this puberty. I n't live this body""</p><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ExternalLkEmbedByl-fFFaGd eNAzyl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH ivANBc byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd gcro gnILss byle__preamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd iIYRds elQYNM eErqIx byle__name-lk button" href="/profile/ali-pantony">Ali Pantony</a></span></span></p></div></div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embed__image-lk" href="/article/parentg-a-transgenr-child"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ExternalLkEmbedRponsiveImage-iGydLQ dGzCDw rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Clothg, Apparel, Human, Person, Footwear, and Shoe" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></a></div><p>I was never a ‘perfect child’, and many rpects, I certaly do not live up to some expectatns that were set for me at a young age. My mum wanted me to be a lawyer, live at home Hong Kong, and live up to the ial of a ‘perfect Che dghter’. Instead, I am a journalist livg the U.K, away om beg a ‘perfect Che dghter’ but this isn’t a reason for abandonment.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Bradford also said: “It’s ironic that we have done so much to give those children a better life, and yet when go wrong, we are unsupported, and we n’t speak out.”, argug that there is a taboo faced by people who go through “failed adoptns.”</p><asi aria-hidn="te" class="PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf kSvFrP"><div class="PullQuoteDerativeBorr-sc-iUyOLj dqiCGR"></div><div class="PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx jMYlRy"><p>The “stigma” that Bradford says she has faced for her cisn is well and tly jtified.</p></div></asi><p>Her rhetoric, and the amg of her suatn by the BBC, suggts that she is a kd-hearted person who fell victim to the failur of the adoptn and re system, wh her distrs beg more paramount than the re served by her child. 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class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi cuRXdL summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dLrtVf summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH bJrcdc byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd gcro gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Ey Tannenbm</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ RecircMostPopularSummaryItem-jQxxiw eUDtfE ad ad--asi"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--asi" data-no-id="sym92f"></div></div></li></ul><div class="RecircMostPopularFooter-enPjgs fsFblN"></div></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="5wxbqe"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa emTC body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Centrg herself the narrative, she did not mentn how her son reacted to beg ‘left behd’ aga, forced back to re after eight years wh who he thought was his “forever fay”. She adds that she “is still his mum”, and that the fay stay regular ntact wh him. But children, whether adopted or blogil, should not be treated this way. </p><p>The “stigma” that Bradford says she has faced for her cisn is well and tly jtified: adopted children should not be treated like a crappy gift om a distant relative, we n’t be sent back for store cred.</p><div class="ExternalLkEmbedWrapper-hNDkqw iAjBCX" data-ttid="external-lk-embed--le"><div class="ExternalLkEmbedText-glBTSy dUElDU"><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedRubric-hYBGeO dQqwqj hKBANj">Read More</div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embed__hed-lk button" href="/article/postnatal-prsn-ronavis-panmic"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedHed-dSIMOS iUEiRd jBLZGn gsZLZF">The post-natal prsn panmic: Why is no one talkg about the mental health fallout of mums who gave birth durg Covid?</span></a><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedDek-btrWcN iUEiRd eUcgVF jwHNCY">“This wasn't how was supposed to be”</p><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ExternalLkEmbedByl-fFFaGd eNAzyl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH ivANBc byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd gcro gnILss byle__preamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd iIYRds elQYNM eErqIx byle__name-lk button" href="/profile/luciana-belli">Luciana Belli</a></span></span></p></div></div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embed__image-lk" href="/article/postnatal-prsn-ronavis-panmic"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ExternalLkEmbedRponsiveImage-iGydLQ dGzCDw rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Back, Sk, Clothg, Apparel, Human, and Person" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></a></div><p>We serve rpect and we serve to have lovg fai who will support through ups and downs, jt like you would a blogil child. If a blogil child was actg out and exhibg “behavural issu,” you would likely seek unsellg or behavural adjtment therapy, perhaps send them to a new school wh more stcture, or a number of other solutns – you wouldn’t give them away or leave them to fend for themselv.</p><asi aria-hidn="te" class="PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf kSvFrP"><div class="PullQuoteDerativeBorr-sc-iUyOLj dqiCGR"></div><div class="PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx jMYlRy"><p>Adopted children should not be treated differently – when an adoptive parent signs on the dotted le agreeg to re for that child, they bee yours for life.</p></div></asi><p>Parents face a myriad of issu om their children, which n volve drkg, dgs, teenage pregnancy, bad gras, stealg, or anythg else they may disapprove of. What they do such suatns is dividual to the needs of the parent and the child, but I would bet that the majory of parents out there would stand by and support their children unndnally, if they n, bee that’s their child. Adopted children should not be treated differently – when an adoptive parent signs on the dotted le agreeg to re for that child, they bee yours for life.</p><p>As an adoptee who fely ticked off almost every box on the ‘difficult teenager’ checklist, I nnot be more thankful that my adoptive parents did not make the same cisn as Bradford. I often stayed out all night drkg, would shoplift for the thrill, and have experimented wh dgs. But, not once did they ever nsir ‘sendg me back’ bee I was their child, for better or for worse.</p><div class="ExternalLkEmbedWrapper-hNDkqw iAjBCX" data-ttid="external-lk-embed--le"><div class="ExternalLkEmbedText-glBTSy dUElDU"><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedRubric-hYBGeO dQqwqj hKBANj">Read More</div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embed__hed-lk button" href="/article/breastfeedg-grief"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedHed-dSIMOS iUEiRd jBLZGn gsZLZF">‘A fundamental motherg experience had been snatched om me’: Why we need to talk about breastfeedg grief</span></a><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ExternalLkEmbedDek-btrWcN iUEiRd eUcgVF jwHNCY">In the UK, almost half of women who start out breastfeedg have stopped by six weeks. </p><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ExternalLkEmbedByl-fFFaGd eNAzyl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH ivANBc byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd gcro gnILss byle__preamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd iIYRds elQYNM eErqIx byle__name-lk button" href="/profile/luciana-belli">Luciana Belli</a></span></span></p></div></div><a attribut="[object Object]" class="external-lk-embed__image-lk" href="/article/breastfeedg-grief"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ExternalLkEmbedRponsiveImage-iGydLQ dGzCDw rponsive-image"><img alt="article image" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></a></div><p>There are so many fai the UK who want children and I’m sure many of them would fd Bradford’s cisn abhorrent as they would do anythg to have a child, cludg one that may have a disabily or be nrodivergent, like her son. But, unlike most of them, she gave up on helpg her child overe the challeng that he faced. </p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>I am not the only person, nor the only adoptee who feels this way. Deputy Edor of <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>The Face Magaze</em></a> Jsi Man <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">tweeted yterday:</a> “As someone who is adopted, I fd this woman absolutely repulsive. Children are not toys, nor are they disposable like this. If you adopt a child, you do the work. Y, we e wh baggage, trma, issu, even mental health issu and puttg them back re only hurts them more.”</p><p>There are untls more tweets and reactns to Bradford’s story, all exprsg the same shock and disapproval at her son beg sent back to re, as well as her choice to publicly announce like is somethg to be proud of. </p><p>Adoptn is a very noble prospect, and those that n give children a home are to be ld. 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