adoption lingo

negative terms:

• gave up her child for adoption
• real parent; natural parent
• adoptive parent
• his/her adopted child
• illegitimate
• adoptee
• to keep
• adoptable child; available child
• foreign adoption
• track down parents
• unwanted child
• is adopted

preferred terms:

• placed her child for adoption
• birth parent; biological parent
• parent
• his/her child
• born to unmarried parents
• child who was adopted
• to parent
• waiting child
• international adoption
• search
• child placed for adoption
• was adopted

did you know it the adoption world there are certain terms that you should and shouldn't use? i thought i would share some of them with you. i stole these from this blog so enjoy. the one i hate the most that people use often is "gave up". you give up a pair of shoes or something you don't want. birth mothers "place" their babies for adoption because they love them so much and want the best for their little ones. enjoy.