"Heritage Camps", adopted children being sent to hertiage camps.

The number of adopted Asian children by Caucasian parents has been increasing rapidly. Adoption is not a new way to start a family, but the way the adopted children are being raised has changed. Caucasian parents adopting babies from China, Korea, and The Philippines have formed Heritage Camps in different states. The parents feel that it is good for their adopted child to know more about their culture and heritage, but Heritage Camps are not …showed first 75 words of 514 total…

…showed last 75 words of 514 total…deal with and being sent to a Heritage Camp would not help the coping with it either. If a Heritage Camp is important for adopted children to experience, they should feel the desire and curiosity in their heart to go. When that time comes they will start asking question about their biological parents. That will be the perfect time for them to be educated about the unknown to them with a parent, not camp counselors.