[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..the same as with maternity leave when someone is having a child, adoptive parents also have a similar bonding leave...(in fact it's a longer time in some cases..).. and are encouraged to form all natural child/parent bonds as if they were the biological parents ...

Yeah. I can't imagine putting any "rules" or barriers in place would help adoptive families to form a real familial relationship, which would be completely unfair.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Yeah. I can't imagine putting any "rules" or barriers in place would help adoptive families to form a real familial relationship, which would be completely unfair.

..obviously it would be different/the opposite really with foster parents but not with adoptive parents as although they're not 'biological'...(I know Perez is..)...they're the child's natural parent in terms of every other aspect of their lives.../except genes...