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Originally Posted by OakShannon
Also - through church, playgroups for multiracial families and other avenues, we are building ties to the AA community and I would want any other child we adopted to be able to benefit from that and participate in that with Daniel.
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Absolutely, I couldn't agree with you more. And I love that ALL of my girls benefit from it.
Oh, and about appearances. My oldest at 3 is very sensitive to the way she looks. In her words, she gets sad that her hair doesn't "shake" like all of our hair does. Her hair is definitely AA in texture, whereas her sister who is also BR has hair more like Kerri Russell from Felicity. It is a difference that bothers her. And it makes me sad that it makes her sad. We tell her constantly how beautiful she is, how gorgeous her hair is, style it just how she likes it, but it still bothers her. So appearances are noticed (even at very young ages) and definitely do matter.