Forget China babies - here, take a man!
Before coming here, I’d thought the whole China Baby thing was a few celebs adopting kids blown out of proportion (saw it on Sex and the City). Having lived here for two years, I can vouch that it’s not. Just here in Seattle, American families with Chinese or Asian babies are everywhere; at the playground, in my Moms group, at the mall, the library, the gym.
I must confess that it feels slightly odd to see so many Chinese babies (mainly girls) being adopted. Sometimes, the parents themselves look a little discomfited sitting next to me with their children, as though they’d taken one of my kids by mistake. I then try to put myself in their position, wondering how they’d look at me if I was walking around with a blue-eyed blonde baby. They’d probably think I’m the nanny.
Apparently, China babies are not the only ones up for grabs these days. The young men are as well. Payback for all those years of getting rid of unwanted daughters, eh?
Someone give these men eHarmony accounts!
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April 14th, 2008 at 4:35 am
yep, here too in NYC. In Ari’s school, I know 2 sets of parents who have Chinese kids and also in Manhattan playgrounds, you can see many as well. They are very lucky kids indeed. Oh yeah, and also in the library I found a children’s book called “White Swan Express” (I think) where they write abt adoption in China and how Americans go there to adopt them. It is a relatively simple book for kids and Ari understood it and the concept of adoption.
Isn’t it amazing? Yea I’ve heard of that book. They even have children’s books about divorced parents here. Raeven brought one home from her school library once. I thought it was hilarious. Wonder what her teacher was thinking.