Tony Corsentino
paywalled: a Boston Globe Magazine guest essay by a woman who adopted a child out of foster care. She closes her feelgood story with an account of a trip she took with the child to an animal shelter to adopt a pet. 🥚 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/19/m...

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Embracing motherhood: A foster care success story

Volunteering for Boston CASA, which advocates for kids in foster care, changed everything.

The Boston Globe
Mar 23 at 1:30pmWeb
Show threadTony Corsentino2d ago
for those who don’t know, adoption of children and adoption of pets tend to be described in identical language: “forever home,” “gotcha day,” “rehoming,” etc. it is taboo for #adoptees to act against our socially prescribed roles as a rescue objects, forever morally beholden to our saviors.
Show threadTony Corsentino2d ago
whenever an adopter speaks, however “humbly” and “gratefully,” about the benefits of adopting a child, they reinforce the message that the social value of adoption—which irrevocably severs a child from their family & rewrites their identity—lies in giving adults a pathway to self-fulfillment.