We're not adoptive parents

Unless you have been living under a rock you have heard about Simone Biles and the fact she's kicking butt at the Olympics. You have probably also heard a sports commentator made a comment about how her parents "may be mom and dad, but are not her parents.". Yea, he offended families everywhere with a little comment like that, ours included. Before I proceed, let me just say we are NOT adoptive parents! We are parents who just happen to have adopted children, it doesn't make them less ours however. We love all nine equally and they all receive the same treatment. We don't use the word "adopted" to describe our children, not because we're ashamed but because it's pointless.  It's pointless to us to label our children, it's just not something we need, we know they're ours and that's really all that matters. Putting labels on our children and constantly reminding them that they aren't biologically ours wouldn't help that all, it would just harm them in my opinion. Two of our children who happen to be adopted have already started wondering why they "Weren't wanted" and I don't want them to feel that way. I honestly don't understand why in 2016 we are still having the discussion of if adoptive parents are really parents. This subject is one that has been going on for years now and the answer is simple. Yes, adoptive parents ARE parents. DNA doesn't make a family, love does.