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Love love LOVE the Wally the Walrus idea! I am going to do that for each of my new kids now!
My son has Humphrey the Elephant. (Not that I thought of this idea on purpose....Humphrey just kind of showed up). Anyway, we often use Humphrey to talk about parenting and adoption issues. Sometimes I tell Aaron, "Hey, make sure Humphrey doesn't get lost! He's your baby, and it is your responsibility to make sure he is safe!" If Aaron is manhandling Humphrey, or making him fly up to the ceiling or whatever, I say, "Aaron, you need to keep Humphrey safe and sound. Moms and Dads don't do things that could hurt their kids!"
The nice thing is that by talking about parents' responsibility to love and protect their kids via Humphrey, we can also talk about Aaron's birthparents and how he came into care. It's been a good way to work through some of that stuff.
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