Thank you for asking

I saw this posted on a friends blog recently. I wish we would have had this when we were first starting out in the adoption process and when we brought our first child home. People ask rude and often inconsiderate questions. I hope this is not because they are trying to be hurtful but because they are uneducated in adoption. I would never dream about asking someone about their delivery of their child or personal questions about conceiving, yet some people think it is ok to ask an adoptive parent person questions about their child's birth parents, background, etc. This is a great way for adoptive parents to politely respond to questions that go over the boundary lines.

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"Thank You for Asking"
There are many ways to create or build a family. We have chosen to build our family through adoption. Thousands of children will be adopted into the U.S. this year. Our child is legally 100% ours, and just like a biological child, our love for him/her was born and grew from our hearts. This makes him/her our real, chosen, beloved son/daughter, for whom we would die and give our lives. He/she calls us mother and father. At times, you may see a family who has both adopted and biological children. It is important to know that these children are siblings, regardless of how they come into the family.

"A Child's Story"
Every child’s story is unique, whether or not there are adopted. Adopted children are not bought. The cost of their care in his/her native country, and why their first family was unable to care for him/her, is private. For an adopted child, this is their story to tell when they are adults, with the closest people in their lives. But, what I can tell you is that we are not special people because we have chosen to adopt this child. Rather, we are blessed to have been given this opportunity to parent this child. We are also thankful for family, friends, community, and the kindness of strangers to learn and educate themselves about adoption.