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Didn't Salon used to publish articles like this all the time? Now it seems not so much, but I found this so touching and sweet, and not whiny at all. I had my first child at 17, and raised her alone. I always had a job and we had a decent place to live, but I was not the person I could have been had I not had a child at this age, and so was not the greatest parent. I would be lying to say that it never occurred to me how much better or easier her life might have been if I had given her up for adoption. She is a wonderful girl and we now have a great relationship, but I have often thought that she deserved better, but it was not something I could imagine doing, let alone actually do. There are some things you know you are capable of, and this was just not something I could do, and I have sometimes thought it was selfish of me. But what a great article.
Laurel, you must be very unhappy with your own life to judge others so harshly. Adoption for good or ill is different in almost every case. It's a complex issue, one you apparently are not able to grasp, but you do get the attention don't you?
