The Times has an article on two dads who adopted a son: Same sex adoption: our new life as Dad and Daddy. The article goes through the experience of two dads who adopted a three year old boy through the UK Government. They call it an 18 month blind date arranged by social workers - very apt and very much what we are experiencing.
One of the facts that intrigued me in the article concerned adoption leave:
Part of the reason that Scott appears to have settled in with us so well is no doubt down to the fact that my partner Michael was able to take a year’s adoption leave from his job as a teacher. Adoption laws changed in 2005, allowing same-sex couples to decide who should be the primary adopter, and receive the equivalent of maternity leave. With Michael’s employer, it worked out at a year off work on just over half pay, and it has been invaluable.
That's a nice perk and something I haven't heard of in BC. Then again, I'm self employed and a year of adoption leave is possible, it just means I don't get paid for a year.
I wonder if one day this will be all normal. Adoption leave, gay adoption, two dads ... just another facet of a family.
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