- One way that a child comes into a family is through adoption. That means the child grew in one woman's belly but another family raises that child. The child is adopted by that family. A child can be adopted at any age - from a newborn to a teenager!
- There are millions of people who are adopted into their families all around the world.
- There are many famous inventors, sports players, musicians, actors, CEOs of companies that came into their families through adoption. Two of the most famous are Steve Jobs - the inventor of Apple computers and the iPod, and Babe Ruth, a baseball player.
- Some people may have been adopted into their family and look a lot like their adoptive family so you might not ever know they were adopted unless they told you.
-People in a family don't necessarily always look like each other or act like each other
- There are many different reasons why parents cannot care for their children and choose to find an adoptive family for them. Those reasons could be that they are very poor, that they are too young to be parents, they are sick or they may have died. Again, there are lots of reasons and they are private to each family.
- People might sometimes ask "Well, which one is the real family?" And the answer is both families are real.
- You don't have to be born into a family or look like your family for them to be your "real family".
Thanks again to Mandy and Anna for sharing! The class was thoughtful and kind as they listened. I know many learned some valuable lessons.
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