Talking – Adoptive Families https://www.adoptivefamilies.com The resource and community for adoption parenting. Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:40:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Parents Share: No End to the Nosy Adoption Questions https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/common-nosy-adoption-questions-and-most-outrageous/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:41:22 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=41000 Ask AF: Should We Tell Our Child She Has a Birth Sibling if They Can’t Be in Touch? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/should-we-tell-child-she-has-birth-sibling-if-closed-adoption/ https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/should-we-tell-child-she-has-birth-sibling-if-closed-adoption/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:44:57 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40348 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/should-we-tell-child-she-has-birth-sibling-if-closed-adoption/feed/ 3 “I Can Still Be Shocked” – Encountering Ignorance About Adoption and Race https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/transracial-adoptive-father-shocked-by-ignorant-racist-comments-at-work/ https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/transracial-adoptive-father-shocked-by-ignorant-racist-comments-at-work/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:43:50 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40360 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/transracial-adoptive-father-shocked-by-ignorant-racist-comments-at-work/feed/ 2 “Sliding Doors” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/openness/adoption-search-reunion/sliding-doors-adoptee-birth-parent-fantasies-imagining-alternate-lives/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:20:42 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40195 Ask AF: How to Discourage Indiscriminate Affection https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-bonding-home/discouraging-indiscriminate-affection-older-child-adoption/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:10:34 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40174 8 Keys to Talking About Adoption https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/8-keys-to-talking-about-adoption/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:00:32 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40207 Ask AF: Seven-Year-Old Has Been Saying She Doesn’t “Belong Here” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/middle-childhood-more-complex-understanding-of-adoption/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:44:24 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40076 Ask AF: Worried My Daughter Will Think Her Birth Mom Is More “Fun” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/found-birth-mother-facebook-will-daughter-see-her-as-more-fun/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:36:14 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39592 How to Raise a Bounce-Back Kid https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/resilience-in-children/ Thu, 25 Oct 2018 13:30:30 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=5704 How Adoption Grew Secret https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/closed-adoption-records/ Sat, 20 Oct 2018 13:30:17 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=4755