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| Lorraine |
In the last post,* we dealt with the corrosive effect of secrecy in adoption, and some wrote about the secrecy that many first mothers cling to even years later. Some are so far in the closet they cannot tell their families about a reunited son or daughter, thus denying them knowing their siblings, grandparents, the family to which they were born. Unquestionably, that is sad and continues the trauma of the initial separation from the natural mother. Today I write about the trauma that makes birth mothers who have been in the closet so long stay there.
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Adoption is trumpeted today as a
universal good thing. For infertile couples who wish to have a family, it is a
solution. For religious organizations and fellow-travelers, agencies that use
the mantle of religion, it is a business. For liberals who want to do good and
keep the sense of family about them, it is a way to keep population growth
down. Celebrities adopt and get on the cover of magazines, thus
