All: What do soap writers have against adoption?

[Southofnowhere]

What do soap writers have against adoption? Every soap i have ever watched have shown adoption in a bad light. What gives? Has their ever been a happy adoption in the history of daytime?

[billyjill]

Tad Martin on AMC?

[Southofnowhere]

I think he may be the only one and that happened 30 years ago.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Does a child that comes out of an affair that's adopted by the legitimate couple count?

Like on GL, Maureen wasn't Michelle's biological mother, but the product of a one-night stand Ed Bauer had with Claire Ramsey. Claire neglected Michelle, but Maureen adopted her and Michelle IS Maureen's daughter. Maureen loved that child more than life itself and you'd never know that Michelle wasn't biologically hers.

And yes, Maureen had all the maternal parental rights to Michelle.

[Southofnowhere]

Sure it counts. It would appear that adoption was done right years ago. Now it just seems like it's all about the brith parents. AMC's Kendall and GH's Carly are perfect examples.

[Kylie]

Kendall's story, was never, nor will it EVER be about Erica. It's always been about Kendall. It's always been, me this and me that with her. It's always been about what the adoption and her conception did to HER. It's never once been about Erica and how she was a 14 year old child, who was raped and got pregnant. It's never once been about how Erica looking at Kendall made her see RF. It's never once been about Erica's pain, or what Kendall being alive means to Erica. It's never been anything more then Kendall. Poor, poor Kendall. Was raised by parents who loved her. Poor, poor Kendall had had a real family and people who loved her despite her concepion. Poor, poor, Kendall. *gags*. I wish it would have been about the birth parents, or birth mother, in this case.

[poohbear19]

AMC's Edmund and Maria had a bad adoption at first... but then it ended well when Kelsey let them keep Sam.

[applcin]

On GH, Bobbie and Tony Jones adopted Lucas. Not too much focus on the biological parents (Julian and Cheryl) since they got killed off early on, just a little bit at the start when there was a chance Robert Scorpio was the father. And Alan and Monica adopted Emily after her mother died. I guess you could call those "good adoptions by default" since nobody was alive to contest them.

[Southofnowhere]

According to my Mom Lucus was stolen from his Mother and sold to Bobbie. The baby was returned to his Mother and later on she died giving custody to Bobbie. Lucus's aunt faught Bobbie for custody and lost or gave up the fight she's not sure which.

[stenbeck212]

Sure there were happy adoptions.

Curtis Harris on ATWT

Bianca Marquez on ATWT

Devon Winters on Y&R

Reggie Montgomery on AMC

Funny, whenever the kid is a person of color, their transition to a new family is relatively smooth because their new life is a world away from the slummy existence they know too well.

[Sylph]

They should have watched Home and Away when it featured stories about foster children.

[R Sinclair]

Are we talking about characters who have been adopted showing up bitter and angry, or characters who try to adopt in general and how there is soapy drama involved?

I'm only asking because I understand the need for the dramatics when characters try to adopt. What I don't understand is how 25 year old adults come to town seeking revenge. My mother was adopted and, true, she had her issues with it, but never once regretted being adopted.

[cal3]

Kevin and Joey Buchanan adopted by Clint.

[Southofnowhere]

My beef is with the grown up kids showing up looking for revenge on thier birth parents and after putting them threw hell becoming part of thier family and never once mentioing the parents who adopted them. Kendall and Carly spreng to mind but there many more.

[RuAsRuAnAu]

Million of people are against adoption, and its been overused, so daytime should place a moratorium of adoption related stories.