In March, 1994, the Gladney Center for Adoption's first internationally adopted child came home to the United States from Shanghai, China. Since that time, Gladney has placed nearly 1000 healthy infants and toddlers, and children of all ages with special needs, with families living in the United States. Over the past several years, adoption from China has emerged as an effective way to make or grow a family.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Learning to be Chinese in America
The arrival of holidays brings the end of the National Adoption Month. However, adoption experiences continue.
In a recent article in What's Up? Annapolis magazine, Gladney China mom Lynn Schwartz wrote about how Ibbi Fei Yan, her daughter from Shanghai, and her friends learn to be Chinese in America.
On most Saturday mornings, she watched Ibbi Fei Yan and her classmates with awe and pride as their young minds grasp a new language, for the Chinese characters, although exquisitely beautiful, remain a mystery to her.
To read the full article, please click here.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment