Below is the introduction to the chapter. Claudia's discussion and interpretation of the piece can be read at www.academia.edu.
The pupils of the first grade were discussing a photo of a family. In the picture, the hair of the youngest boy was of a different color than that of the rest of family. One of the boys in the class thought that the boy was adopted, to which a girl from the class said: „I know everything about adoption because I am adopted.. „What does adoption mean then?. the boy asked. „It means., the girl answered, „that a child does not grow in the mother.s belly but in her heart..” (translation from an online guestbook of a Finnish adoption website)
Extract from chapter 14, Cyber-Communities and motherhood online: a reflection on transnational adoption. Peter Buzzi and Claudia Megele.
