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Originally Posted by sbaglio
I don't mind telling people that she is adopted, but I don't feel like telling people who have no business knowing, like a store clerk I don't even know. Also, as I walked out the store, I felt like I'd put a label on her, like she's "the adopted one", and couldn't just be my daughter. It's her story to tell , not mine as some sort of justification. Argh! . 
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I recently took a class put on by an organization called
Adoption Mosaic. They stress, actually very strongly, that it is not only healthy, but also important to talk about adoption, even with strangers. The idea is that children don't understand the nuance of it being 'their story' and if we don't talk about it they think/internalize that adoption is something to be ashamed of.
Very interesting perspective.