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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an adoptive mom, I find it condescending and inappropriate. [b]Adoption is no different than many other style families[/b] and her hyper focus tells me its more an issue for her than the kids. She may be grieving her infertility or have issues surrounding her adopting. For a family tree - we just add an extra branch to include our child's birth mom and her family, whom we are very close to. When you make a choice to artificially twinning (as known in the adoption community) children by adopting so close in age, that is a risk you take. This is her hang up, not the children's or the teachers.[/quote] Adoption is different -- because it's adoption. However, as you say, there are many different ways to be a family, as well as many different living arrangements. In my limited experience, teachers/classrooms/curricula aren't so great at acknowledging the existence of anything other than the biological mother/biological father model.[/quote]
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