Keep in Mind that your adoption is your business. There is a difference between secrets and private business.

Secrets can mean the information is something that you don't feel good about and don't want others to know because it is bad.

Private business means you own the information, you are not ashamed of it but it is private and is only shared with people you trust.

Often people ask annoying or silly questions about adoption that should really be your private business. If you decide to answer those annoying or silly questions here are some ideas for you to try.

You can answer a question with a question, humor, changing the subject or by teaching something.

Read what Kaitlin, age 8 from South Carolina answers when people ask: What's your real last name?

Read More and consider these good come backs for those stupid questions coming from friends, family or strangers.