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@jacklee1103 Жыл бұрын
Just want to say a "Hi"!🙋🏻♂️ I am an international student who is from Guangzhou now studying in America! I really like how you used those scenes to explain the way people learn about languages! It is so interesting and impressive! I guess you probably have some linguistic background!😆 I remember the first time I was in the USA! I also tried my best to learn English! I nearly shut off all my Chinese apps and tried to get a fully English environment! I will say it did improve my English a lot! But I guess the hardest part for me was that I had nothing here, also, no close friends and family! So, the first year was a little bit hard! I remember I saw a group of students hang out as friends in McDonald's once, and then I felt really sad! Luckily, I made a lot of new friends through the years. I recently encountered your channel! I have watched those two animated shows you mentioned! For some reason, "Xiyangyang" was really popular from around 2005-2010! 😂 I watched that show on TV a lot too! It definitely brought back a lot of memories when you mentioned the show! I also like "Doraemon"! I actually had a whole set of Manga when I was a kid! Although I didn't remember if the show was aired on any mainland television channels (but possibly on Hong Kong's TVB or ATV?) I think you actually still find some episodes of the Cantonese version of "Doraemon" on KZbin If you are interested in learning Cantonese! By the way, How are you doing? In school or working? Wish you the best!
@laneyh6777 Жыл бұрын
Learning a new language, especially English,is tough. I was in ESL with a lot of support for many years in elementary school before I caught up with my peers. It would be really cool if US schools taught their students more Chinese in addition to Spanish. I’m really glad you are able to meet some great people; living in a new country can be very hard. What is your major? In addition to those anime shows, I also grew up watching Studio Ghibli movies. Years later, showed Spirit Away and My Neighbor Totoro to my family and friends, and they loved it!
@gweisa899 2 жыл бұрын
There The Miller family on you tube they adopted Penelope Chinese Adoptee at 12 years old. Still able to speak mandarin. Thankfulky she able to talk to foster parents still this day. Very impress able to remember your adoption story. I was adopted at age 3 years old in March 2002 in Jiangxi Province. So I dont remember my story. I do know the person who found me. Also was in Zoe Seymore video with you too.
@laneyh6777 Жыл бұрын
Wow that’s awesome that she still have contact with them. Unfortunately I don’t speak Chinese that well anymore. Have you been back to China to visit the person who found you? Hmmm… I haven’t done a video with Zoe’s yet. Doyou have your own channel?
@PalacinkyPDX 3 жыл бұрын
Vietnam and Kazakhstan are misspelled. But a lovely concept for a video.
@Amndayell 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I'm an adoptee as well. I'm not a transracial adoptee but I do hold so much space for you and others. keep up the good fight, the world needs to know that we no longer accept their misplaced narrative.
@rubep9385 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Laney, I can so relate to your language journey! I also came to the U.S. at the age of 10 and was also from Guangdong province. Like you, I had learned English really quickly and came really close to losing Chinese completely. However, I was blessed that I had a Chinese friend who helped me regained a lot of the Chinese language and culture. The two cartoon TV shows you mentioned are my childhood shows I watched in China. I would love to get to know your story more and maybe exchange stories with each other.
@grayfamilyfarm 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful video! As a foster momma going through the TPR process with a little one in our home, I have been digging into adoptee perspectives/voices and sadly I have found some groups to only be negative. I'm so glad this video touches on the bad, AND the good. <3
@kristikellum8574 3 жыл бұрын
Do you parents have a "gotch" video of when they took you home? I would love to see that and see your parents. You are bright and absolutely beautiful! God bless you! So happy you were adopted by a wonderful family!
@laneyh6777 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! You just made my day! Unfortunately I don’t think my parents have any official “gotcha” video, but my mom did take a lot of pictures while we were in China.
@gweisa899 2 жыл бұрын
I can relate
@kristikellum8574 3 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine what "Jane" is still doing to kids. She will probably always be an abuser.
@Emilyname123 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing story, my family here in the UK foster (which means something different in the UK to America). But I loved hearing your story, thank you for sharing. Can I ask, what happens to the girls when they become 18? Are they instantly left to fend for themselves or do they get help looking for housing/jobs? What happens to the orphans in China when they become adults? Thank you! xx
@laneyh6777 3 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! From what I know, if someone is “very smart” and gotten into a Chinese college, my particular orphanage will “help them out” in terms of support and housing. If they age out, them can work for the orphanage, try to find a job in their own while living with a friend from school, or become homeless.
@Emilyname123 3 жыл бұрын
@@laneyh6777 Thank you for replying and sharing that information. I wish I could help people more. Do you have instagram? Thank you :) <3 x
@laneyh6777 3 жыл бұрын
☺️☺️☺️ my Instagram is laneyh_hi0
@garycody1929 3 жыл бұрын
I guarantee your adopted parents are so proud of you.
@johnanderson8096 3 жыл бұрын
Im sure you brought life to the orphanage... Your Crazy Special!!! Keep up the good work...
@laneyh6777 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! That means a lot to me to hear that
@johnanderson8096 4 жыл бұрын
So So Happy you came to the USA... were the better for it!!!!! Wonderful Story... THANK YOU
@lindaalley8425 4 жыл бұрын
Laney, I found this to be a profoundly informative and beautiful video. As a mother of an adoptee, it is eye-opening to see the range of feelings that adoptees experience. Laney, being ur mom has been such a gift that I sometimes don’t feel worthy to receive! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH DAUGHTER! Keep being you Laney!
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
Love you mom!! ❤️❤️ this mean so much😊
@farmove_de 4 жыл бұрын
I think you can be proud of being blessed with such wonderful kids even if we don't know much about your son aka Laneys brother.
@EllenGee 4 жыл бұрын
So interesting hearing about different adoption stories! If you don't mind me asking, were you able to keep in touch with any of your foster siblings/parents?
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
I did find one of my foster sibling few years ago on Facebook, and I finally got together with him right before COVID. It was super cool because I haven’t seen him in 13 year
@lindaalley8425 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love the new video! Keep up the awesome work Laney!
@lindaalley8425 4 жыл бұрын
Laney u are an amazing daughter and I am blessed to have u in my life.
@SustainableSierra 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I’ve lived on three continents and have learned pieces of many languages. My brain is a hot mess of words that don’t go together. Last year I was shopping and couldn’t remember the English word for strawberry. The Czech word came out instead and people stared.
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
That’s so awesome!!! What languages do you speak? And do you still speak it fluently?
@mandelamedicine5790 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome blog.
@RonGee 4 жыл бұрын
Very nice video, good public speaking skills (eye contact, gestures). I never knew there was a foster care system in China, I'd only heard about the orphanages there. You have very little accent, too, which I guess is because you came over at still a young age. My dad came over when he was 11 and he had no accent, but my mom didn't come over until she was 17 and speaks fairly accented English.
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
Ron Gee Thank you!! You have no idea how much your feedback mean to me. Very cool that both of your parents are from China! Are either of them adopted? I still have a little bit of accent because of pronunciation issue. For example, I say “f” instead of “th”.
@RonGee 4 жыл бұрын
@@laneyh6777 Neither of them were adopted, although my uncle was "adopted" by my grandmother when he was still a baby in China. And I put "adopted" in quotes because my grandmother had "won" him to settle a gambling debt (Chinese are notorious gamblers). My grandparents were desperate to have a son so they made a deal to adopt my uncle to settle the debt. My father, on the other hand, was a "paper son," meaning back in China, his parents had bought papers that claimed he was the son of a Chinese American so he was able to immigrate over to the US in 1940 as an American citizen. This "technique" was used to get around the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese immigrants back then. So I grew up thinking that my uncles were brothers of my dad, when they really weren't. In fact, my dad's real name is Mah, but since his "papers" said his name was Gee, he adopted that last name, hence my last name is Gee. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_sons) Looking forward to watching more of your videos. Yes, you were very fortunate. Even over here, it's very difficult for older orphans to get adopted, and they typically age out of the system and are left to fend for themselves, often falling into homelessness or substance abuse problems.
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
Ron Gee Wow! You have a very interesting family history. Thank you for sharing! I was very fortunate. I know many people who aged out, and the orphanage only helped a few people who was “smart enough” to get into a college.
@maryanneherndon9784 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing moving and poignant experiences.
@saravaezi2001 4 жыл бұрын
Laney I'm soooo happy you are happy. Please pray for little Huxley.
@jadewang7287 4 жыл бұрын
I think I saw your story on Chinese media. The part how you got split up with your bio parents
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
@Jade Wang Interesting... I didn’t think many people knew my story😂 which Chinese media was it?
@jadewang7287 4 жыл бұрын
Laney H m.weibo.cn/2656274875/4257452964704309 Is that you?
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
Jade Wang I did see that! But no, I’m still searching for my birth parents.
@jadewang7287 4 жыл бұрын
Laney H Oh. I didn’t think carefully about the timeline. Apparently it’s not you. Good luck to your searching (:
@SustainableSierra 4 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry these things happened to you. During our homestudy we had to read a bunch of material about abuse (from caretakers and other children) and it is terrifying. How do those experiences continue to impact you now? Also, I love your necklace. I have a similar one with a different shape.
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
Sustainable Sierra There are definitely abuse in the orphanage, and it’s really horrible. However, I think I have really forgiven all those past events, so I can learn from them instead of becoming traumatized by them. Thank you!! ❤️
@SustainableSierra 4 жыл бұрын
@@laneyh6777 That's good. Our agency made us read a bunch of studies on how trauma can silently impact children (as in even if the person doesn't remember it, the body/brain does) so I thought I'd ask. :-)
@ArielLalaLA 4 жыл бұрын
laneyyy!! i remember getting breakfast w you in the caf and you sharing your story with me. you instantly made me smile with your positive and infectious energy!! thank you for sharing your story with the world, i’m so lucky to know you 💗💗
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
@aqla awwwwww, you have no idea how much that means to me! Thank you for making my day😋
@nanyanguo1 4 жыл бұрын
You are able to remember so much about your adoption . Unusual indeed for your parents to want to adopt an older child. So why did they chose to do so? Did you grieve about leaving behind all that was familiar to you . Do you still keep in touch with your foster parents
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
nanyanguo1 My parents wanted to adopt a baby. It just happened that they were planning to adopt when China was about to limit/close their boarder to foreign adoption, so the adoption agency told them that they can only adopt older child or a child of special needs. Because they already have a special needs child, they choose to adopt an older child. No, I don’t have any contact with my foster parents or friends because I left China so suddenly.
@dailymik2789 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your story!!愿你余生平安喜乐❤️❤️❤️
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
I am happy that you liked it!
@SustainableSierra 4 жыл бұрын
We've been teaching our preschooler all of thing things you described since he came home last October. The only thing that's been different for us is he loved peanut/sunflower butter and jelly (and most of the food we gave him) from the first bite. That being said, we live in Japan so a lot of the food has the same components.
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
Sustainable Sierra That is so interesting... I would’ve assumed that foods from Japan are similar to foods from China. 😂 What about Mac and cheese? My mom also told me that was one food I really struggled with.
@SustainableSierra 4 жыл бұрын
@@laneyh6777 HE LOVES vegan Mac and Cheeze! The first time I gave it to him, I questioned if he'd ever seen food before based on how quickly he gobbled it up. He's also obsessed with tacos.
@anonymous123-t9u 4 жыл бұрын
Do you have Instagram? I love your channel and I’m a Chinese adoptee too!
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! I am so glad you enjoyed it! My Instagram is Laney_hi0
@maryanneherndon9784 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent job in describing these seven differences in a childhood in China and one in the US.
@johnlewlockchong 4 жыл бұрын
Great video and I wonder you still speak Chinese?
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
I use to speak cantonese and mandarin, but unfortunately now I can only speak a mandarine. I am trying to take Chinese college classes to keep up with my mandarin, but it have been really hard because speaking it is very different than reading and writing it.
@johnlewlockchong 4 жыл бұрын
Laney H well I think if you have a chance to communicate with mandarin speaker it will be very easy for you to pick it again. Good luck with your study. Wish you all the best.
@RonGee 4 жыл бұрын
@@laneyh6777 It will be very difficult to keep up unless you're able to speak with someone regularly. Plus, you have to be pretty motivated to learn. I grew up here in the US to immigrant Chinese parents and my mom spoke Chinese to me all the time while I was growing up, but I gradually lost the ability to speak as I got older because no one else around me spoke Chinese. As an adult, I could barely carry on a conversation with my grandmother. Right now, I speak more Japanese than Chinese because I happen to be around more Japanese Americans (my wife is Japanese American) than Chinese.
@aleaherndon8192 4 жыл бұрын
Sorry for not staying up to meet you :(
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
I met you the next day... bright and early😂😂
@katiehalloran5553 4 жыл бұрын
This was very touching, great job presenting your story. I am glad you found a good home and you are happy 💛
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! I am really glad you liked it!
@SustainableSierra 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Laney! Thank you for your comments on my video. Your story made me cry a little, maybe it's a mom thing?. I can't wait to hear the rest of your journey.
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
Awwww that is super sweet! I absolutely love your channel!
@JS-od5tv 4 жыл бұрын
LANEYYY 🤍
@lindseykrimm7979 4 жыл бұрын
I loved your story! I can’t wait to hear more!
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! :) So glad you enjoyed it!
@sarapagnis3659 4 жыл бұрын
Hey girl! Thank you for being brave and sharing this amazing story!!
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I am so glad you like it!! :)
@maryanneherndon9784 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent and moving presentation. A unique journey that most people have never heard described.
@laneyh6777 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! That means a lot!!