Adoption
Adoption movies
DH and I have been working on building up our selection of 'adoption friendly' entertainment, books, movies, etc so that there will always be an open attitude in our home.
So far we have "Bella" which is AMAZING!!!!!! and a variety of disney ones for kids, like "Meet the Robinsons" etc....and by the way, did you know that Bam Bam from the flintsones was adopted? My DH is a huge fan and I bought him a collector set with the whole series. We were floored when we saw Betty and Barney crying and wishing for a baby for ages and then finding one on their doorstep and having to put him in foster care while they had their character references etc...it was pretty incredible...for a cartoon...lol
Any other suggestions?
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Re: Adoption movies
Miss Spider!
Not only is she adopted, three of her kids are as well.
I can't think of any off the top of my head, but tapestrybooks.com (I think that's it, though you might want to double check in a Google search) has a bunch of book ideas!
Just a thought on this one... this might actually send a hurtful message to an adoptee and might present an unrealistic view of adoption w/ the whole "baby on a doorstep" thing. Of course, I wouldn't keep DD from watching the Flintstones or anything, but just saying this storyline might not come off great to the adoptee, especially if they struggle w/ feeling abandoned.
I had sort of a *duh* moment a few months back with this kind of thing -- borrowed a book from the library to read to DD that I remember my mom reading to me. It's called something like "I Want Another Mother" and in the book the kid is saying to the mom that he wants another mother. He means another kiss/hug, and she thinks he means literally a different mother. It's a "funny" cute kid book, but I won't likely be reading that to DD anymore... just gave me the yuckies all over thinking about what implications she might read into that!