Hey, Kids!


Sometimes it's hard to figure out whether "Mom" and "Dad" are your
actual parents. Here are some things to look out for that mean you were adopted:

• You're not allowed to get a trampoline.
  
• Other family members enjoy foods that taste "yucky" to you.
  
• You're made to sleep in your own private room, sequestered from the rest of the family.
  
• Mom and Dad find occasions once or twice a year to shower you with gifts, so you won't feel so bad about being abandoned by your real parents.
  
• You don't remember your parents bringing you home from the hospital when you were born.
  
• Your parents call each other by names other than "Mommy" and "Daddy" to conceal their true identity.
  
• Your parents don't let you go out at night, when your real parents might try to steal you back.
  
• Only adopted, or "rejected," children have to brush their teeth.
  
• You don't have the same eye and hair color as your parents, and you're not the same height.
  
• Your parents sometimes go into their room and shut the door—this is to talk about whether the adoption was such a good idea.
  
• Your parents are not as nice to you as your friends' parents are to them.
  
• Your brother or sister has a nicer bicycle than you.
  
• You're not allowed to get a puppy, because the puppy could tell by scent.
  
• Once a week, Mom and Dad go to church, where they pray for a real child.
  

Remember! If it turns out you were adopted, do not misbehave in any way, or your
parents will sell you to the gypsies.