Superman and the Other-Worldly Challenges of Adopting that Baby Who Has Landed in Your Life

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“Jonathan knows that at that point, the world isn’t ready,” notes Snyder. “Clark could’ve saved him, but his dad knew it was not the right thing to do.” Given such challenges that come with adoption, what made the Snyders want to adopt? “Zack has two wonderful daughters that are my step-kids that he adopted from China and they’re just pretty amazing,” says Debbie. “I have rheumatoid arthritis, so I’m on a lot of medicine and I felt like there are a lot of kids out there that need families and we wanted to extend our family even more, so it was the right thing for us to do. So we have a 7-month-old now and a 2-month-old. They were born in Pasadena. We got to participate in their birth. They have already changed our lives.”