Who’s Your Daddy? Who are a child’s parents?

National Catholic Register ^ | October 5, 2005 | Eve Tushnet

[Rose of Sharn]

There is a natural curiosity on the part of most children to know "who they are".
Sorry to jump in so late to this thread. I believe that a man and a woman make parents, as God intended, but if either 'normal' couple have problems, I do believe that getting help is ok too as long as you are a married man/woman couple in the eyes of the Lord.
As for children wanting to know their parents. I agree with this, but if you are in a loving family relationship, the Mom and Dad that raised you become your parents.
However, this is where my difficulty lies and I do struggle with it. I lost my parents at age 1 to a car wreck and was adopted by some evil people who did their upmost best to destroy me and hurt me. About 3 times a year I was blessed that they dropped me at the end of a long farm road to my elderly grandparents. (These people gave me love and treated me well). I would stay for maybe a month or two before being picked up again out of the blue.
I never knew my true parents had died, or that I was adopted till about 5 years ago. Otherwise I would have taken my adoptive parents right to jail. (instead I tried to make them like me.) I have since found out that my grandparents were my true grandparents. : ) But due to the fact that they are no longer alive and birth records/adoptive records are lost, I dont know any more about me and my family. It is hard. Sometimes I just wish I had known my Mom. I am sure she would have been wonderful.

[Rose of Sharn]

BTW My grandmother was true Irish (southern) and my grandfather was Scottish and I'm telling you, that that was a relationship to make you laugh or quake! LOL

[Rose of Sharn]

LOL! the worst is when you finally get to sleep and wake up needing to pee (yet again) and you just cannot get up off the bed for love or money! I remember trying in vain to roll out! : ) Poking my hubby in the ribs just made him grunt and go back to sleep! LOL

[Marie Antoinette]

I am so glad you had your grandparents! What a rollercoaster your childhood must have been.

As for rolling over in bed... LOL! Well, I still have a baby crib in arm's reach next to my side of the bed, so I can hoist myself out of there. But sometimes it just HURTS to get up! My poor bladder! lol

[Jet Jaguar]

Oh no! Sis, meet Helen, Cindy, Charlotte, Charlie, Dawn, Denise, etc...

[Marie Antoinette]

UNNNNNGH! I *think* I felt okay a few months ago, but I really don't remember anymore. Funny, that.

Now to get through labor and birth without wigging out! lol

[Tax-chick]

You have my sympathies.

I'm a hospital-and-anesthesia person, but I figure if I keep having babies, I'll probably misjudge one and have it on the lawn at the Fire and Rescue station. Hopefully not this one, since it will probably be cold in January.

[partialpressures]

I've read there are over 400000 frozen embryos. I worry about that alot.

[Coleus]

400000 frozen embryos >>

and I think that number is only for the USA. I wonder how many are worldwide.