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Reply to "My children (adopted) said that we weren't a real family"
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[quote=Anonymous]You did amazing. My brothers are adopted, and grappled with some of these issues too, and to the "you're not my real mom" comments my mom replied, "I feel pretty real" while poking herself. I said some harsh things to my parents growing up, my son has said some harsh things to me (I hate you! I wish I lived with dad! etc), and sometimes you just gotta roll with it and not react. I would think about what to say next time, and think about how you can try to frame the conversation - like explaining to them the difference between a bio mom and an adoptive mom but saying that both are very real - and always always end with, "I love you". You're a great mom, doing a great job.[/quote]
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