Thanks to Dawn, I realized why the study going ’round the internet today really got under my skin. I wrote about it, fully expecting to get pissed upon or ignored. That said, let me quote Adam Pertman here as well:

Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, welcomed the study’s findings, but cautioned against possibly exaggerated interpretations of it.

“It’s an affirmation that there are all sorts of families that are good for kids,” he said. “Adoptive parents aren’t less good or better. They just bring different benefits to the table. In terms of how families are formed, it should be a level playing field.”

So don’t try to tell me that you’re better than me. Or worse. Don’t try to tell me that J and D are better parents for the Munchkin simply because they adopted. Or worse. We’re all trying to make it through this journey called parenthood with happy adults (read: our grown children, happy) on the other end of the road.