communication patterns between parents and their adopted children
... Like thousands of other Korean children, I was adopted by a married American couple, who had previously adopted my sister five years prior to me, and brought to the United States before I was six months old. ... I arrived at the JFK airport in New York where my parents were waiting to finally see their new daughter. ... To me, they were the people that will care for and raise me for the rest of my life and that made them my “real” parents. Throughout my life, being adopted never caused any problems and was not a subject that was brought up in every day conversation. I think my parents felt the best way for my sister and I to absorb American culture was not to dwell on our “foreignness”. My parents were not trying to pretend we werent adopted; they just never classified our identities as being just Asian. Identity and self-concept are two aspects of communication that many adopted children have a hard time coming to terms with. Communication patterns within their lives influence their self esteem and how they will grow up. ... 5 million adopted children in the United States, over 2% of all U. ... children. ... html) On the Korean Airlines flight # 18, I was accompanied by six other adopted babies on their way to the United States to meet their new families. Although 2% of all the children in the United States may not seem like a great amount, I believe that more research should be done on all aspects of adoption. As I did my research for this paper, the topic of communication patterns between parents and their adopted children was very difficult to find information on.