Birth Parents Quotes:

Adoption was a bumpy ride - very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.

- Mariska Hargitay

topic: Fighting, Adoption, Adopting, Gay Adoption, Birth Parents

People ask me. 'What about gay adoptions? Interracial? Single Parent?' I say. "Hey fine, as long as it works for the child and the family is responsible." My big stand is this: Every child deserves a home and love. Period.

- Dave Thomas

topic: Children, Home, Gay, Open Adoption, Adopted Children

I think open adoption is a great idea, because it allows a relationship between the birth mother and her child so that the kid isn't like, "Where did I come from?" And to have it be like, "Look, you have a bunch of people who love you."

- Kathleen Hanna

source: "Kathleen Hanna on buffalo chicken, Destiny's Child, and the sketchy things she did to McDonald's apple pies". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. February 10, 2015.

topic: Mother, Children, Love You, Open Adoption, Birth Mother

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.

- Christopher Eccleston

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Parent, Birth, Difficult, Birth Parents

Everything just feels so empty without her. She was more a parent to me than my birth parents were. She took me in, fed, dressed me, but most importantly, she treated me with respect. She taught me that my abilities were nothing to be ashamed of, nothing I should try so hard to deny. She convinced me that what I had was a gift-not a curse- and that I shouldn't let other people's narrow minds and fears determine how I love, what I do, or how I perceive myself in the world. She actually made me believe that in no way, shape, or form did their uninformed opinions make me a freak.

- Alyson Noel

topic: Believe, People, Parent, Uninformed, Birth Parents

The benefits because his collective parents are permitted to grow secure in their particular roles in his life. His adoptive parents are not unwittingly encouraged to compete to possess him. Nor are his birthparents punished and banished from a place in his life.

- Kathleen Silber

source: "Dear Birthmother: Thank You for Our Baby". Book by Kathleen Silber and‎ Phylis Speedlin, May 1, 1991.

topic: Parent, Roles, Benefits, Adoptive Parents, Birth Parents

As anyone who's ever adopted a dog will tell you, there's always the fear that one day the birth parents will come scratching at the door.

- Dana Gould

source: FaceBook post by Dana Gould from Feb 01, 2012

topic: Dog, Doors, Parent, Birth Parents

When my birth parents were murdered, I stayed outdoors all night with the bodies. Years later in America, around fourteen, my psychiatrist explained to me that staying with the bodies that night made me fearless. He said that it made me an 'emotional exhibitionist' and told me never to let people convince me that I was weird for speaking with clarity and passion.

- Kola Boof

topic: Passion, Night, Emotional, Exhibitionist, Birth Parents