The Name Game

We belong to some Facebook pages where people can talk about their adoptions and ask questions of those that are adopting.  This person asked about naming your child.  When we first started this process, we were presented with this issue.  We always felt that an older child might take issue with a person changing their name.  It's also like changing their hairstyle.  We have always added an English name to our Chinese children. We left their middle name the name they were given in China. Kiersten was different.  We told her the name we planned to give her, but we call her by her Chinese name.  She likes to be called by both.  We would never have forced a name onto an older child.  Some of these people don't seem to care.  I guess they feel that they spent this Mich money, so they can do whatever they want.