This show has so many mixed messages about adoption
See, I don't think the show has been mixed about adoption at all - adoption IS BAD. Despite the fact that any rational viewer knows that adoption is an option AND that Emma in particular was COMPLETELY unfit to raise a kid when she got knocked up.
I would love to see a character not feel like biology is best and not feel bereft having been separated from a biological parent (see: Emma, Henry, Grace, Hansul & Gretel).
Agreed. Grace is actually the one character where her desire to find her father makes total sense to me - because she had TEN YEARS to build what was a loving, happy relationship.
I feel like maybe this show's writers would benefit from talking to an actual adopted kid/family with adopted kids.
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See, I don't think the show has been mixed about adoption at all - adoption IS BAD. Despite the fact that any rational viewer knows that adoption is an option AND that Emma in particular was COMPLETELY unfit to raise a kid when she got knocked up.
I would love to see a character not feel like biology is best and not feel bereft having been separated from a biological parent (see: Emma, Henry, Grace, Hansul & Gretel).
Agreed. Grace is actually the one character where her desire to find her father makes total sense to me - because she had TEN YEARS to build what was a loving, happy relationship.
I feel like maybe this show's writers would benefit from talking to an actual adopted kid/family with adopted kids.
Oh, god, that would have helped them SO MUCH.