Blood the Thickest Bond?

Its often been said that 'blood is thicker than water,' that no matter what we will always love our family. There is no doubt that we usually have a stronger attachment to the people who raised us but not everyone one is raised by there blood relatives. As mentioned in class, cases that are often forgotten are children who have been adopted. They may never meet their biological parents but it does not mean that the people who raised them aren't just as good. In many cases I think it would be safe to say that children can have the same, if not stronger, attachment to their adopted parents as they could with their biological parents. There are also the cases in which children can end up despising their parents and have nothing to do with them., whether this hatred comes from abuse or another reason, would they truly love their 'blood' over other, kinder people? It does tend to be true that a child, in later life, will retain strong attachments or emotions towards, who ever raised them. After all children do spend nearly 15-20 years under their parents watch, regardless of blood.