No matter how your child is conceived or becomes a member of your family, nothing can lessen the legitimacy of the bond between a parent and a child. Parents who adopt are often confronted with questions about what it's like to love a child that is not "their own," and adopted children also have to deal with ridiculous and insensitive comments from others — sometimes even from those who really mean well. If you're welcoming an adopted child into your family, if your adopted child has reached an age where they're starting to ask more questions, or if they've been hurt by something someone said to them at school, nothing is more important than transparency, honesty, and incredible amounts of love. Here are just a few things you (and everyone else) should never saying to a child who is adopted.