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[quote=Anonymous] [quote] I'm the OP. I think you nailed my issue with the piece, PP. Yes, she brings up real issues for adoptive families, but this just reeks of her hang ups. I also just don't like assuming the new teacher is an idiot. Don't most people know not to say [b]"real mom" or "real dad[/b]"? For those that asked, I am not an adoptive parent. I am the child of an adoptee and my brother is adopted. No, most people do NOT know to not say [b]real mom/dad[/b], at least the people I've encountered in my 39 years of being adopted. [/quote] Two thoughts on this: --little kids do not know that they shouldn't say this. --many older kids and adults are too lazy to use the term "biological parent," so they just don't. And since they don't understand just how hurtful that expression is---that they are inadvertently suggesting that the family this child goes home to each night is "fake"--they don't stop doing it. [/quote]
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