No I am not getting a boob job. I stumbled across this video on an adoption message board that I frequent. It is a humorous way to educate people about appropriate adoption language and questions. Adoption is an unknown for many people and there are lots of questions, sometimes the questions people ask or the words they choose are offensive.
I have been fortunate that we haven't been asked these questions. The one thing we have been asked that does fall in this category is a variation of " Aren't you afraid the child will be unhealthy/damaged/emotionally unstable?" While it hasn't been these exact words it is the idea that adopting a child from foster care means we are getting damaged goods. Yes these kids have had a hard life and have experienced trauma but that doesn't mean they are any less of a person and don't need a loving family. There would be no guarantees even if we had a biological child that they would be perfectly healthy.
Questions are natural, and I am happy to answer them, but first ask yourself "would I ask this about a boob job?"
1 comment:
Hehehe, that video is pretty clever!
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