Tag: Cai

  • Are They Identical?

    We get a lot of questions about our family from interested strangers. When Abby (our oldest daughter whom we adopted from Vietnam) was an infant, I heard a lot of fun questions. Is she yours? Um… yes.  That’s typically what adoption means. Is her father Asian? Sure enough.  (I didn’t often feel the need to…

  • Thoughts on Gender

    Ah, the age-old question. Do I teach my children the real names for their private parts or do I give them cutesy alternatives so they don’t embarrass me in public? With a 10, 9, and 7 year old already in the house, this question was moot before it was raised.  No Thingys or Po-Pos or…