So this is more of a story, but I need to tell you parents who may be taking those classes for adopting children. I was adopted when I was 3 months old. My parents are caucasian, and I'm brown. And I was raised to know I was adopted, and always made to feel proud about it. So a couple months ago, I was at a park babysitting a child. And there was a Korean looking child, but he could have been from China too. And then the mom and dad walked from the monkey bars and they were caucasian. So I asked them, "where's your son from?" and they both rudely looked at me and said, "WE are from Oregon". And although they were appalled with me, I was appalled with them. The kid knows he looks different than his parents. And i would just hope that they embrace his culture vs. keep him away from it. Any thoughts, ideas, stories? I tried to explain myself, and they shooed me away. Yuck.
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