Part of the stigma associated with adoption comes from the language that people have traditionally used when speaking about it. The following lists examples of positive adoption language that you should use and negative language you should avoid.
POSITIVE LANGUAGE Verses NEGATIVE LANGUAGE
Birth parent verses Real parent natural parent
Birth child verses Own child, real child, natural child
My child verses My adopted child
Born to unmarried parents verses Illegitimate
Make an adoption plan verses Give up, put up for adoption
Decide to parent her baby verses Keep her baby
International adoption verses Foreign adoption
Adoption triad verses Adoption triangle
Child in need of a family verses Unwanted child
Unplanned pregnancy verses Unwanted pregnancy
Could not conceive or could not carry pregnancy verses Could not have children, barren
Parent verses Real parent
Search verses Track down
(Taken from "Adoption For Dummies")
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