Talking to Kids About Adoption
Features
- Proactive Parenting
- Five Simple Guidelines to Help Your Children Understand Their Friends in Adoptive Families
- Adoption: to Tell or Not to Tell
- Questions Without Answers
- Talking with Children About Adoption
- Adoption-Related Books for Children from Preschool to Age 8
- Answers to Children's Questions About Adoption
Adoption is Sharing for More Than One Family
An adoptive mother tells of their struggles in trying to start a family, and then choosing adoption.... [more]
Chocolate Talks
This mother tells of their decision to adopt, and then helping her daughter understand and prepare for her new sibling.... [more]
The Adopted Child
Children should learn about adoption from their parents rather than another person so as not to loose trust.... [more]
The Adoption Manual
An adoptive mother speaks of her frustration in decide when the appropriate time would be for her to give her son his background information.... [more]
Explaining Adoption to Your Child
A how-to on telling your child that they are adopted.... [more]
Talking to Children about Sex and Adoption
Talking to your child about adoption, sex, and other sensitive issues.... [more]
Talking to your Child about Adoption
Advice for parents about talking to preschool aged child about adoption.... [more]
Proactive Parenting
Information for parents on issues that adopted child may face; includes anger' attachment, depression, and anxiety.... [more]
Five Simple Guidelines to Help Your Children Understand Their Friends in Adoptive Families
The author gives advice for teaching you children about adoption; provides a list of children's books to help them understand adoption.... [more]
Adoption: to Tell or Not to Tell
An adoptive mother's commentary on what to tell your child about his/her adoption; shares the story of her adopted children.... [more]
Questions Without Answers
A mother shares advice for when your adopted child asks you questions you cannot answer.... [more]
Talking with Children About Adoption
Tips on how and when you should tell your child that they were adopted; commentary from adult adoptees; discusses developmentally appropriate ways to communicate.... [more]
Adoption-Related Books for Children from Preschool to Age 8
A list of children's books about adoption; for children between preschool to age eight.... [more]
Answers to Children's Questions About Adoption
Provides answers to questions of children about the who, what, why, and how's of adoption.... [more]
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