Singer Ellen
Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.), Burtonsville/ Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Pediatr Nurs. 2010 Jul-Aug;36(4):209-12.
Families of adopted children and the children themselves are not strangers to intrusive questions about private information, such as "Is that your real child (or mother)?" and "Why did your mother give you away?" While the questions may be benign, they can be uncomfortable to handle and harmful to a child's self-esteem. To counteract this, The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) in Maryland has developed an empowering tool for adoptive children and their families. The "W.I.S.E. Up!" tool is based on the premise that adoptive children are wiser about adoption than peers who are not adopted. The tool uses the acronym W.I.S.E. to teach children four options for responding to uncomfortable questions: W (walk away), I (ignore or change the subject), S (share what you are comfortable sharing), and E (educate about adoption in general). Nurses can assist adoptive families by introducing them to this empowering tool.
领养孩子的家庭以及孩子本人对有关隐私信息的侵扰性问题并不陌生，比如“那是你亲生的孩子（或母亲）吗？”以及“你母亲为什么把你送人？” 虽然这些问题可能并无恶意，但应对起来可能会让人不舒服，而且会伤害孩子的自尊心。为了应对这一情况，马里兰州的领养支持与教育中心（C.A.S.E.）为领养孩子及其家庭开发了一种增强自信的工具。“明智起来！”工具基于这样一个前提，即领养孩子比未被领养的同龄人对领养问题更明智。该工具使用首字母缩写W.I.S.E.来教孩子们应对令人不舒服问题的四种选择：W（走开）、I（忽略或转移话题）、S（分享你愿意分享的内容）和E（大致讲解领养相关知识）。护士可以通过向领养家庭介绍这种增强自信的工具来提供帮助。
