by Christine Mitchell, author and illustrator Recently my daughter asked me, with a sad expression, “How come babies have to come out of their mom’s tummies?” I wondered if it was bothering her that she did not ‘come from my tummy’. I considered asking her if this was troubling her, but I didn’t want to
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Adoption Awareness: Handling Awkward Adoption Questions and Comments
Text and Illustrations by Christine Mitchell, Written for and Published by Tapestry Books Adoption Questions and Comments are Virtually Inevitable Five-year old Ryan was inconsolable after his cousin, Marissa, exclaimed that his mother wasn’t his real mom because he had been adopted. Ryan’s mother, Natalie, explained to Marissa and Ryan that she is his real
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