Parenting: Gratitude and Adoption, an Uneasy Mix

I have a new post up over at Adoptive Families Circle (AFC), called Raising Children with Thankful Hearts. It's a reflection on the notion of gratitude and adoption.

Here at Whatever Things Are True, I wanted to include this clip titled "The Expected Sense of Gratitude" from the movie Adopted: The New American Family, in which Dr. Amanda Baden describes how expectations of gratitude burden adoptees. My AFC post draws a critical distinction between gratitude and indebtedness.

 

No child should ever feel indebted to their parents.