What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[darsparx]

Smile: I still get a kick whenever an article I helped write gets posted to the front page. You'd think that after four or five years, I'd be over it.

Frown: Think I'm going to bail on Star Fox Command the way I did on Phantom Hourglass the other day. That's two in a row where I had fun for a little bit and then said "this is becoming a chore".

Phantom Hourglass had a lot of design flaws, especially in regards to the Temple. Spirit Tracks fixed a lot of those, but I still can't bring myself to continue past the Pacman sequence.

Honestly the ds zeldas are one of those titles that it feels like it's best to play maybe 30 minutes then call it a day otherwise it does feel that way...I still find them fun though when I do attempt to play them.

[Luke]

Personally, I would have trouble bonding well with a child that wasn't mine.

I bond with goldfish at Pet Smart, so there you go. A lust for life I have.

[pepharytheworm]

Personally, I would have trouble bonding well with a child that wasn't mine. Just a personal thing, I commend anyone who can do it though, like my Dad.

Not to criticise. But I have ask why?

[Jmustang1968]

Personally, I would have trouble bonding well with a child that wasn't mine. Just a personal thing, I commend anyone who can do it though, like my Dad.

Not to criticise. But I have ask why?

Sure you can bond with them, but it wouldn't be the same for me. Deep down I would know they aren't biologically mine. That isn't to say you can't love or care for a child adopted, but it just isn't quite the same.

[jp1]

Personally, I would have trouble bonding well with a child that wasn't mine. Just a personal thing, I commend anyone who can do it though, like my Dad.

Not to criticise. But I have ask why?

Sure you can bond with them, but it wouldn't be the same for me. Deep down I would know they aren't biologically mine. That isn't to say you can't love or care for a child adopted, but it just isn't quite the same.

Another very personal choice. I think it is kind of arbitrary to think that way unless you have experience with it. I also think it might depend largely on the age at which the child is adopted. It is pretty hard to spend significant time with any baby and not form a connection in my experience. Everyone is different though.

[Golgo 14]

For what it is worth, I love my dog more than most people, and I had nothing to do with her conception.

Sounds a little defensive.

...but seriously, I don't find genetic similarities very compelling.

[MrPopo]

I don't see what the big deal about a "child of your loins" is. Barring some sort of crappy genetic disease the big thing humans pass on to the next generation is our thoughts and ideas; that works just as well for adopted kids.

[Jmustang1968]

I don't see what the big deal about a "child of your loins" is. Barring some sort of crappy genetic disease the big thing humans pass on to the next generation is our thoughts and ideas; that works just as well for adopted kids.

Physical traits and temperaments. Seems it makes no difference to some, and it does to others.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Not gonna lie - I really like the fact that my daughter looks like a miniature girly version of me.

[jp1]

I don't see what the big deal about a "child of your loins" is. Barring some sort of crappy genetic disease the big thing humans pass on to the next generation is our thoughts and ideas; that works just as well for adopted kids.

Physical traits and temperaments. Seems it makes no difference to some, and it does to others.

I'm not implying I don't see some benefit in being able to be a biological parent. The pregnancy and birth and all that goes along with it can be very special as well. However, I doubt that if I fathered one of my children and adopted the other at birth there would be a significant difference in my love between them. Children are very much a product of their environment and while the little touches like physical traits are nice, in my opinion, they are superficial. I'm not passing judgment, only saying that if it is someone's only viable option I think they could get just as much joy from raising an adopted child. I'm not looking for a big debate or anything. It's just my opinion.