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I love the tree one. That's what we did on J's life book. His birth and foster families are his roots, with us as the branches.
Kids are funny and as they grow they go through different phases when it comes to adoption. We've always been very open with J about his past. Adoption is not a secret, nor a bad thing here. Yet, J is going through a phase since his brother's birth where he doesn't share or talk about his adoption. He's been pretending that he was born to us. He had a rough early life and we talk a bit about how things would have been different had he been born to us. But we always end with "But you wouldn't be J if you had been from Mommy's tummy. And we love J just the way he is."
I know that this will pass and someday he'll be screaming that I'm not his 'real' mom (just like I know H or M may someday wish they'd been adopted and had better parents out there somewhere, lol).
Anyway, what I'm saying is when it comes to school projects, let you child take the lead. Kids are funny andmay be comfortable with something one day, but not wish to share it the next.
Blessings,
Jenny
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