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Re: terminology...I can't think of how else it could be phrased and I don't really care if someone thinks that wasn't PC. For a child to be taken from his or her parents, something horrible has almost always happened that has very often impacted that child emotionally...I mean, it is HARD to have a child TPRed in most states. Some children are resilient, others are not and so often, love is not enough to undo what's been done.
I would venture to say that after almost 30 years of being involved in the adoption world, I know whereof I speak. People can and do argue nonstop about the correct terminology to use in adoption but the fact remains and we have personal knowledge of this both for us and other couples we know well: the emotional and other damage done to adopted children while they were with their first families can be *massive*, even though it may not show up at first. Not all families can or should try to deal with it.
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