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Having both biological and foreign adopted children

Jannah · 2008-06-07 12:28:52

I was interested to see if other people had any issues intergrating their adopted children from other countries with their biological children? While it is arguable that it is of an advantage for the biological kids to grow up in a house where race isn't an issue, I've noticed in one family that I babysit for that the…

07-06-2008 1:28pm

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Jannah

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I was interested to see if other people had any issues intergrating their adopted children from other countries with their biological children? While it is arguable that it is of an advantage for the biological kids to grow up in a house where race isn't an issue, I've noticed in one family that I babysit for that the adopted Vietnamese girls are given lots of attention in public because they are so unique and beautiful looking while their two biological daughters are cast aside and nobody gives them a second glance. It causes serious problems for their self esteem and, while they love their new sisters, they often seem resentful of the attention they attract.

Does anyone else have this problem?

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