tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post6482301517847131677..comments2024-02-27T00:41:15.985-06:00Comments on AdoptionTalk: Tangled Up Adoption Talkmalindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233439015219192874noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-48223057771292960552011-04-08T18:35:41.362-05:002011-04-08T18:35:41.362-05:00Beware...Pete's Dragon (movie/1977) prompted m...Beware...Pete's Dragon (movie/1977) prompted many questions from my 6 year-old daughter about Pete's abusive adoptive parents and how/why they "bought" Pete. We've had several good quality adoption related discussions since then. I usually screen movies better before I allow her to watch them. ;(Michellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-62415862284639039382011-04-06T14:13:05.215-05:002011-04-06T14:13:05.215-05:00It does amaze me how adoption issues/themes come u...It does amaze me how adoption issues/themes come up when you think you're just going to a simple kids movie. We haven't seen Tangled, and this is slightly off topic, but we did just see HOP. I won't be giving away any plot essentials by sharing with you that the main character, who is identified as a "slacker", has an adopted sister who appears to be Chinese. The sister comments "I think the reason our parents adopted me is because you were such a disappointment". I'm not doing the humor of the line justice by stating it out of context, and it does kind of crack me up that Chinese adoption has become such a part of the cultural consciousness that it's played for laughs in movies. But I suspect others might not find it as amusing.Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-46588596769783721942011-04-06T11:59:48.550-05:002011-04-06T11:59:48.550-05:00'Miss Spider's Sunny Patch' and 'D...'Miss Spider's Sunny Patch' and 'Dinosaur Train' (TV shows) have sparked adoption discussions in our household. At 5, R is still afraid of the drama of Disney (and the like) movies. She can't handle the intense stuff. In the same manner, she still skirts the adoption issues and doesn't want to discuss the intense stuff. Although I know she has questions and I try to push it a little. She'll ask when she's ready (she says...hoping, hoping, hoping). In the meantime, she will continue to have the occasional sadness crying jag out of the blue. She says she doesn't know why she's sad...but, I think I do. I'm thinking this will always be hard.<br />M.<br /><br />P.S. Maya blows me away with her insight about that issue at such a young age. Wow.Mahmeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13389550318044470734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-3026650001518071332011-04-06T08:02:01.416-05:002011-04-06T08:02:01.416-05:00We haven't really gotten to this point yet-- b...We haven't really gotten to this point yet-- but I am all ears!Reenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07119020258638171080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-50105506667620854202011-04-06T00:01:01.547-05:002011-04-06T00:01:01.547-05:00p.s. to clarify: good times i was being sarcastic ...p.s. to clarify: good times i was being sarcastic and necessary-- not the returning kids, but a necessary conversation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-1434855912889193762011-04-05T23:58:58.067-05:002011-04-05T23:58:58.067-05:00we finally saw dispicable me. had to have a conver...we finally saw dispicable me. had to have a conversation about returning kids who are adopted. as in, 'does this happen?" so we had this conversation about returning (or as some perfer rehoming or disrupting) adoption.<br /><br />good times ;( but necessary==Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-9521460988145307752011-04-05T15:40:57.121-05:002011-04-05T15:40:57.121-05:00Whew Tangled - we now also own it and after we saw...Whew Tangled - we now also own it and after we saw it in the theatre in November DD wanted to watch it after we got home. She LOVES Flynn. 2 days later the nightmare started. For months afterward she wanted to know how we knew that there weren't "bad people" in our house and every night we had to have a discussion about our house alarm system, why we keep doors locked, how our windows are locked and it is impossible for bad guys to have a key to them. Why the king and queen didn't lock their doors. <br /><br />Whenever Mother Knows Best comes on DD yells - You aren't a real mother through the whole thing. BUT she isn't a real mother because she is mean and isn't trying to raise her daughter to make good choices. So for DD currently it isn't so much her relating to the adoption story but more making sure WE are making sure she is safe.Melissahttp://journeytoainsley.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com