Here's the second half of an interview with James K., following from the first half over here, in this post.

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Are there lots of Chinese or Asian kids where you live? Do your kids attract a lot of attention for being "different"? There are a number of adopted girls in our town, though they're still a tiny minority. So far we haven't really gotten the idiot questions we expected from the masses on our adoption. Mainly, we just get, "oh, your girl is so pretty!" mainly because she is, in fact, absolutely gorgeous (and that's... more

Rather than continually boring you with stories of my superior family and our superior children, I thought it might be interesting to try interviewing other people who've adopted (or been adopted) from China to get a few different perspectives. James K. lives in Medina, Ohio, and can be read on the web here and seen here.

---- How many children do you have? Two stepchildren, ages 15 (F) and 10 (M), and my daughter, Laurana, who'll be 3 in November.

What made you decide to adopt from China?... more

Rather than continually boring you with stories of my superior family and our superior children, I thought it might be interesting to try interviewing other people who've adopted (or been adopted) from China to get a few different perspectives. Carol S. is a realtor from Atlanta, Georgia.

---- How many children do you have?

I've got two daughters, S., who's 6, and L., who's 2, who're both from Guangdong province.

What made you decide to adopt from China?

I think it was growing up in the 1970s when the big threat was always overpopulation that put the idea in my head that I wanted to adopt when I grew up.

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