Thursday, October 28, 2004

Local Stories

Bliss family makes it an even dozen: With seven toothbrushes upstairs and five downstairs, the Blisses are officially a family of 12. . . . The Haitian children have joined the Bliss family, which consists of three birth children, ages 15, 11 and 4, and three adopted children ages 5, 4 and 2, who came from the United States, China and India.

Adopting a child of a different race, ethnicity is best faced head on: An increasing number of parents are adopting children of a different race or nationality and learning first to establish an atmosphere in their home that embraces differences of all kinds. Then the families must work to make sure their children are exposed to other people who look like they do.

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