Vol. 7, No. 1• November 2002

Four Adoption Terms Defined

This short poem by Rita Laws humorously points out the effect negative language can have on adoption.

1. Natural child: Any child who is not artificial.
   
   
2. Real Parent: Any parent who is not imaginary.
   
   
3. Your own child: Any child who is yours to love.
   
   
4. Adopted child: A natural child, with a real parent, who is all my own.

© by Rita Laws, Ph.D. <[email protected]>. Reprinted with permission.