Talking to Kids – Adoptive Families https://www.adoptivefamilies.com The resource and community for adoption parenting. Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:33:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 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 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 Ask AF: How to Help Our Teen Through Depression? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/teenager-exeriencing-depression-smoking-pot-adoption-therapist-offers-advice/ Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:24:48 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39412 From Only Child to Oldest https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-process/preparing-for-a-new-sibling/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:30:27 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=5624 Ask AF: Sharing Difficult Details with a Seven-Year-Old https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/sharing-difficult-details-with-seven-year-old/ Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:06:18 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39367 When Grandparents Adopt https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/when-grandparents-adopt-explaining-grandfamily-kinship-adoption-to-grandchild/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:36:11 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39268 “I Wish I Had Another Mother” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/i-wish-first-mother/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 13:30:53 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=5267 “Anna’s Mothers” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/adoption-story-birth-foster-mother/ Sat, 25 Aug 2018 13:30:33 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=6643