Insensitive, Inaccurate Terms

+     Natural or real parents +     Natural or real children +     My/your/our adopted child +     Adopted child (referring to       an adult) +     Kept the child +     Foreign adoption +     Adopted out, surrendered or       put up for adoption +     Is adopted +     Illegitimate child +     Adopt-a-highway/book/       whatever Source: The Evan B. Donaldson           Adoption Institute


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