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[quote=Anonymous]This is interesting. I am an adoptive mom, though we are all same race and my kids were adopted at birth, so some issues would be the same and some would be different. I have chosen not to share with teachers that my kids were adopted, but I might have chosen differently if it were more obvious, such as interracial families. We haven't gotten one yet, but I hate the idea of the family tree assignment. Yes, they do have us as their family tree but don't you see how it can easily be confusing or sad for a child coming from a nontraditional family? What about other kids who will demean or make fun (unfortunately, this happens). Plus, if you don't want to talk about or share it, you have to lie, which I wouldn't want to teach my kids. It's a bad assignment for lots of people for lots of reasons.[/quote]
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