[thanksgivingmom]

I'm not sure, but I see this qualifier used all the time and every time it just gets me....the most recent place I saw it was in this weeks UsWeekly...there was a picture of Nicole Richie and her Mom. The big headline just said "Mom" but the description under the headline definitely said "her adoptive Mom." I don't understand the need to constantly point it out in the media...my placed daughter's Mom is her MOM not her "adoptive Mom."

I especially don't understand because it seems like most people "get it" but that the media certainly hasn't caught up...although that could just be a biased perspective based on my knowledge of so many people touched by adoption that would never dream of making that mistake...