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thank you for joining!
I have a question that has been troubling me for a few days. There is a little girl in my son class adopted from China. She is a super happy jolly little girl however the parents, even if they seem loving, they never smile and they seem a little dull.
I always feel that a little extra attention for an adoptive child is kind of required considering that they lack of it at the beginning of their lives. Am I making too much of it?
Vero
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| Posted by Vero on 11/14/2007 01:28 PM
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| I am a newly adopted mom. I feel all children should recieve the same amount of attention. Thre should be no signalling out just because they are adopted. They should honor the culture and try to incorporate it into the childs life so they will know where their birth country. However, not all adopted children have a hard past. Some have spent some of their time with their birth families and were loved. Their parents made a very hard decision. Something I could not even imagine doing. Some adopted children did have a hard beginning. Most adoptive families, mine included will not let out to anyone but the immediate family how the child came to be in this world and into their family. Some children have a difficult past and some do not but it is thier story to tell and not anyone elses. I feel very strongly about this and feel very strongly if someone was to tell my child they have had a hard past just because they were adopted. What if there were other children in the family. How would they feel if there adopted brother or sister were treated differently just because they were adopted. As far as why the parents seem distant, maybe they were tired or having a bad day. |
| posted by melissa on 11/14/2007 02:18 PM
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personally, i wouldn't worry. who knows what happens at their home, first of all, and, secondly, some people ARE dull.and that doesn't make them bad parents. i especially wouldn't worry because the little girl seems loving and happy.
some kids need extra attention, and some don't. |
| posted by Christina on 11/14/2007 05:28 PM
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