Day 3 of 12 Days of Adoption Christmas

We learn how to talk about adoption  when we went to our seminar back in June. We thought we would pass on the information to you all. We want everyone to feel comfortable talking about Adoption with us.
I especially do not like, REAL parents, I know someone will ask me if I am my child's real parent if the baby does not look similar to me. I am preparing myself for the answer. Something else that I am getting ready for is that once our baby comes to us, adoption will be talked about openly but not with strangers, but because of adoption and it being 'different' then the norm, people will feel they have the right to know how our family came together, but I don't ask about your vaginal birth baby or your c-section child. We are open about adoption but once our baby comes it will not be as present as it is now, the baby will be the most important thing to us, not adoption.

Correct/Accurate Adoption Terminology*
Incorrect	Accurate
Real Parent/natural parent	Birthparent
Real mom/real dad	Birthmother/birthfather
Adoptive parent/adoptive mom/adoptive dad	Parents/mom/dad
Adopted child/own child	My child
Giving away/relinquishing/putting up for adoption/put up	Making an adoption plan
Keeping the baby	Deciding to parent
Foster child	Child in foster care
Adoptable/eligible/available	Waiting or child in need of a family
Child of their own (very offensive)	Birth child
Foreign adoption	International adoption
Is adopted	WAS adopted
Adopted OUT	Made an adoption plan
Real (blood) relative	Birth relative
Raped	Sexually assaulted or sexually abused
Beaten/hit	Physically abused
Adopted OUT OF the foster care system	Adopted through or from the foster care system
Normal child	Typically developing child