September 2008 Weddings
Kasi80
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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
BC Discussion Questions #2
I found some discussion questions that look interesting.
"Look Again really examines the notion of parenthood. What do you think makes someone a parent? Do you think the bond a child has with a non-biological parent can be as strong as one they would have with a biological parent? Why?"
CRAFTY ME
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Re: BC Discussion Questions #2
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What do you think makes someone a parent? I think supporting, loving, nurturing, teaching, and always being there for your child is part of being a parent.
Do you think the bond a child has with a non-biological parent can be as strong as one they would have with a biological parent? Yes. In my case Suri has her biological dad and her stepdad. Her bio dad isn't around, doesn't contact her much, and doesn't even try hard to be a dad (and we were married!). I can understand he's out of state now but there's still ways to be around without being physically here. I don't think Suri has a strong bond with him at all aside from calling him dad. Andrew is her real parent. He is the father Suri's dad never was. They have a strong bond and even though Suri doesn't call Andrew dad I think when she gets older she will see him as that and probably be the one she chooses to walk her down the aisle. So yes, the bond between a non-biological parent and child can be stronger than that of the bond between the bio parent and child.
CRAFTY ME
my read shelf:
I haven't finished the book yet, but I can answer this question...
I most definitely think the bond between a non-biological parent and a child can be as strong as the one between biological parent and child. I've seen it with my parents and my adopted siblings and I know my son's adoptive parents view him as their own. While I gave birth to my son, I am not his mother. I wasn't there to change diapers, feed him, care for him while he was sick, put bandaids on his boo boos, etc. His parents did that. The fact they weren't his biological parents doesn't change the bond they have over the last 13 years. They are all he's ever known. Do I still think I have certain instincts related to him (as in would i know him if I saw him on the street or would I know if he was dying subconsciously) because I gave birth to him? I'd like to think so.