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[quote=Anonymous]Lighten up people.  Can't believe no one has posted this clip yet:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7URSM_ShQQ

And everyone needs to stop beating up on OP about her anonymous forum comments about the BM.  OP ---as an adoptive parent---I agree with the posters who say you need to find something positive about the kid's background.  But it doesn't have to be the BM.  With our adopted kids--what made all the difference was knowing that they have paternal grandparents who love and think about them.  They do not have the resources or health to raise them, but they are delighted at the opportunities and love we the adoptive parents are able to give.  BM, on the other hand, is an alcoholic mess---just as her own mother was.  What kids need most is truth---gentle, age appropriate truth.  Kids know who loves them and who doesn't.  Kids can also understand that sometimes the people who should love them can't---because they themselves were poorly parented.  Just always be there to answer questions---lovingly---because at the end of the day it is the unknown that is the most painful---anything else can be dealt with.[/quote]

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