instead of just saying it's all one story it's all the same i just have to be a DNA donor in this case

but what's up guys welcome to another five-minute fatherhood so i was watching um a famous christian dad

talk about his family um last week and he made the comment that they decided to primarily

adopt children. And he said, because I didn't feel like I needed to be the DNA donor for my

kids. So we decided just to do mostly adoptions. And man, I kind of like hit me. And it's not the first time I've heard that.

I've had multiple, I've heard multiple families that have opted for adoption make this analogy that there is zero difference between adopting children and having biological children.

And the way that they oftentimes reflect that is they just say,

why should I care if it's my DNA or not?

That's the way that they talk about it.

And I understand where that's coming from.

But I think one of the things that that does,

and I wanted to kind of get your reaction to this, Jeff,

and like maybe tease us out another layer,

because this is something that,

because we don't think about multi-generational family anymore,

oftentimes we don't think about the different stories

that adoption and biological children bring into a family.

And both stories are beautiful.

But it's really important to understand the

difference. And the difference isn't just the flippant statement that you can or choose to or to not

be a DNA donor. So the story is the way that I see this kind of play out like this. And a lot of this

you guys came from. A lot of our friends have done adoptions, especially through the foster care system.

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