"I think there are several things going on. Tina has spent a lot of time "unpacking" the disparity in her feelings for her children. I'm really proud of her and close to her, but it has taken time," she says. "It was a drip, drip, drip kind of process. There was no one point at which Tina began to love Cheri, now 17. The word 'daughter' describes a relationship, a connection - things we didn't have." "It didn't even feel right to say she was my daughter. "I was totally and absolutely shocked to find that in the early years, I felt no love at all for her," recalls Tina. Her preference was for a baby, but there were none available and they were offered a little girl five weeks off her fourth birthday. She had always wanted three children, so when she was told it could jeopardise her health to have a third baby naturally, she persuaded her husband to adopt. Her comment has attracted much controversy, but Tina relates to it. But I would do anything at all for my second child without reason, without a doubt," added the estranged daughter of the renowned author Alice Walker. "Yes, I would do anything for my first son, within reason. "I don't care how close you are to your adopted son or beloved stepdaughter, the love you have for your non-biological child isn't the same as the love you have for your own flesh and blood," wrote Rebecca Walker in her recent book, Baby Love.
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