I’m having Bloggers Block. I’ve heard of writers block, but this is definitely bloggers block because I have thought of several things to write about, but none of them applicable to my blogs. So, I’m going to write about Curious George.
What does Curious George have to do with Korean adoption? Not much. However, it does have something to do with how my three year old Korean adoptee views family. We bought my son the Curious George movie when it came out and he was pretty enthralled. The section where they put George in a cage and tried to send him back to Africa scared him. He kept saying over and over, “Where is George’s daddy?”
I was intrigued by the fact that my son had no problem accepting that the man with the yellow hat was George’s daddy. I think I talked about this in an earlier blog, but I can’t remember so I’m talking about it again. Since the movie, we have acquired several Curious George books and they all start out about George living with his “friend” the man with the yellow hat. Whenever I read that part my son is adamant that the man with the yellow hat is George’s daddy. Part of it is that my son believes that all small children (and George is a child to him) should have a parent.
I know that my son is three, but it gives me a certain feeling of relief that my son does not constantly look for parents and children to be the same. Of course several of his friends at school have parents who are different races so I am thankful for that as well. There is always so much talk among the older Korean adoptees about feeling different because they don’t look like their parents, cousins, aunts and uncles. Now, my son does look like me and my sister, but won’t look like anyone else in the family so I still pay attention to the feelings that other Korean adoptees have about this issue.
If you would like to comment (or help me with my bloggers block), but not on this site, please e-mail me at adoptkoreablog@adoptionmail.com.
Speaking of curious, I am interested in your thoughts on why some adoptees feel a need to search and others do not. Also, as the mother of an adopted child, do you think you will understand if and when your child wants to search?
My son too loves Curious George. We got him a hooded towel that looks like a monkey and he calls it George. “George towel, Mommy!” Anything that is a monkey, is George.
Both my kids love George, but it always made me wince to read the early George books because they weren’t very PC. Thanks for helping me look at them in a new way!
I liked the one where George went to the hospital.
Maybe because I was in the hospital a lot as a kid.