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Feb 12, 2007 10:21 pm US/Eastern
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Parents Meet Their Newest Additions At Logan
New Study Suggests Adoptive Parents Rate Better Than Biological Parents
by T.J. Winick
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
It is a new beginning for five Boston area families as they welcome their newest members -- just in time for Valentine's Day. But instead of chocolate or flowers being delivered, the happy couple got bouncing baby girls they adopted from Korea.
"It's very different but has a lot of the same nervousness and excitement and joy." Already the mother of a 4-year-old boy, Anne Adams and her husband Tom welcomed their second child Monday night at Logan Airport.
Anika was one of five Korean-born baby girls that arrived on a united airlines flight from San Diego.
"She's a million times a more beautiful than she was in the pictures," said Tom.
According to a new the study, adoptive parents rate better than biological parents in helping with school and homework, spending money on kids, eating as a family and attending religious services.
"I think the difference is that adoptive parents have waited a long time to become parents," said Vicki Peterson of the
Wide Horizons for Children -- a Waltham-based non profit. "Usually going through years of infertility before even starting the adoption process… For them, it's the end of a very, very long hard road."
That road began over a year ago for Ron Lawson and his wife, first time parents, who live in Haverhill.
"My wife and I did a few years of invitro that didn't work for us," said Ron. "Did some soul searching. And we decided this is what we wanted to do. And we're glad we did because we can't wait to hold her."
WBZ's T.J. Winick asked Anne and Tom, who have been raising their biological son Yohannis, what they think of the study.
"The only thing I can think of is that they're are a lot of people that become parents who don't want to be through the biological process," said Tom.
"As they say you can't accidentally adopt," said Anne.
Data from 13,000 households was examined for the study.
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