If you take a room full of children just around toddler age. Now divide them into three groups.

1.) One third of the room has loving parents who supply every possible need their little one has.

2.) One third of the room are children of divorced parents who also have tried to provide their child with everything a loving parent can.

3.) The last third are groups of adopted and foster children. Who were recently placed into a new home and the lucky parents have given them everything they possibly can.

What would be the difference? They all are given the same toys to play with. They all hear the same child sing a long songs playing in the back ground.
All of the parents are gone out of the room. They are left with a Teacher and a few student aides.
Which one of those children would separated themselves and only play in their third of the group?

Before long the children would all be laughing and playing, fighting over toys, hugging and giving kisses. Their one thing in common is innocence and age. Little children do not make differences. They eat, sleep and love all the same. Sure they may do it in a different way. But they are still all sleeping and eating and loving each other.

Sometimes I wish we could grow up along lifes pathway and keep the innocence of a child's mind.
Life is so simple. Arguments are over so quickly and long forgotten. They learn to share and not make a difference if their friend is black or white or red or yellow. They notice the difference but then it is no big deal.

I wish the world of adoption would be looked upon
as just loving families. Instead of the neighbor with all the kids. Or worse.

The indifference the world places upon foster and adoptive families and children is outrageous at times.

I know my April has always been "The adopted child."
She has not been allowed to fit in from the beginning in her school system. Yes she has issues.
So do other biological kids. No body is perfect.
But no one whispers behind the biological child's back. No one points and says "Thats the Adoptive Parents."

No child knows the difference unless someone makes the differences clear. Now that's food for thought.