Not Your Story to Tell: A Gentle Plea to Parents Who Have Adopted

This little snippet is a good reminder for all parents: Not Your Story to Tell: A Gentle Plea to Parents Who Have Adopted – Justin Taylor:

I think the thoughtless telling of our children’s stories stems from forgetting something that all parents are prone to forget: my child is my neighbor. Yes, I am his parent—with all the authority and responsibility that entails. Of course. But my child is not simply my possession or an extension of myself. He is a human being, made in the image of God, with a soul that will never die. And his story does not belong to me.