Hello Harvey,
Actually my husband and I had one biological child and two adopted children.
They were all Multi-handicapped.
We loved them all and didn't feel any differently with our Adopted Children.
They were truly a blessing from God.
Our Adopted Children didn't have the Mental Capacity to know that they were anopted. They did know that they were loved very much.
Colleen Roth

 

----- Original Message -----
From: Harvey Heagy <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Friday, May 31, 2013 8:40 pm
Subject: Re: Children!!!

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>
> Hi Coleen.  I love kids very much, and I guess it is because they are so 
> loving and honest.  They don't care if you're black, white, blind Etc.  They 
> just love you.  They may ask questions about what is that stick you're have, 
> or whatever, but I always let them ask away, and if necessary, I tell their 
> parents to let them ask.  How else are they expected to learn if they don't 
> ask?  I try to talk to kids whenever I can.
> 
> I congratulate you and your husband on adopting a special needs child. 
> Adopted children are sometimes closer to their parents than biological 
> children, because somebody wanted them and sought them out.
> 
> And you're right, we shouldn't think children are being disrespectful just 
> because they are imitating their parents.  We all did that.  We all mimicked 
> our parents to a degree, because they were the people who we primarily 
> learned from good or bad.
> 
> Of course you need to be firm with them at times, but you also have to let 
> them be kids when it's appropriate.
> Harvey
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "COLLEEN ROTH" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 5:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Children!!!
> 
> 
> > Hi Steve and Howard,
> > It is a normal developmental thing for kids to imitate those around them. 
> > When they think something is normal they just want to try it.
> > If you had scolded your child the child would have thought that there was 
> > something wrong with using a cane and having her other hand covering her 
> > eye.
> > Did you ever notice that kids like to play with canes like they are 
> > mopping or running the sweeper.
> > That's why we buy children things like play stoves, refrigerators, doll 
> > houses, etc.
> > People should be very happy that children want to imitate them and that 
> > children feel that the activity is normal and worth imitating.
> > The world of imagination and curiosity of a child is so heartwarming.
> > Colleen Roth