That may be true (across all families throughout the U.S.) - I would assume that the "stain" of illegitimacy would tend to cling to such a child (as opposed to one adopted out) - but I would still focus all of my efforts upon retaining the child in our family.
Regards,
I haven’t seen any evidence of a “stain” of illegitamacy. From what I’ve read it has to do with how individuals meet the needs of the child. Some years ago, one of the surprising findings of a meta-study of child rearing was how effective religious based orphanages were in raising children. Secular orphanges didn’t show the same results.
DH and I have adopted our granddaughter. We are legally mommy and daddy and thats what she calls us. I expect no less an outcome with her than if she was adopted by any other 2 people. In fact I think it will be better she is surrounded by our other loving children and an extended family that adore her.