Positive Adoption Language

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Adoption and foster care is a somewhat controversial subject in today's society. Perhaps the most controversial thing about adoption and foster care is positive adoption language. Positive Adoption Language is a way to talk respectfully to adopted children and their families. People either feel that Positive Adoption Language should be encouraged in today's culture or that it's far too politically correct and therefore unnecessary. In a modern society of political correctness, there is a vocabulary that surrounds the adopted children, adoptive parents, and representatives of the adoption industry.
When an adopted person tells somebody that they are adopted, they react one of two ways. The first way they react is by saying, “Oh, thats cool”

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