Natural Children

I am starting to get sick of the phrase "natural children" because it seems to imply a lesser-than status for the adopted child. As if this adopted child will be somehow leeching off of the "natural" children. We have just as much responsibility to take care of those that have been entrusted to us by "natural" means as by "unnatural" methods. There is no difference. To make a distinction is favoritism. It's like somehow non-adopted, "natural" children don't abuse their siblings, and are perfect angels, while all these free-loading adopted kids are taking advantage of their siblings and their loving naive parents.

Our responsibility is a responsibility to follow Christ. Only then will we be able to truly protect our "natural" children. Any other method of "protection" is simply planning for evil.