Tough Topics – Adoptive Families https://www.adoptivefamilies.com The resource and community for adoption parenting. Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:36:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 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: 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 Ask AF: How to Tell My Son That I Can’t Adopt His Biological Sister? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/how-to-tell-child-that-i-cant-adopt-his-biological-sister-with-medical-needs/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:38:28 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39256 The Talk: Revealing the Realities of Racism to My African-American Child https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/the-talk-revealing-realities-of-racism-to-african-american-child/ Wed, 30 May 2018 16:55:31 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=38920 Ask AF: How to Explain to My Child That His Birth Mother Was Addicted to Drugs? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/how-to-explain-birth-parents-drug-addiction-to-child-prenatal-drug-exposure/ Thu, 24 May 2018 16:35:49 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=38836 Ask AF: How to Ask My Children About Trauma in Their Past? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/how-to-ask-children-adopted-from-foster-care-about-trauma-in-past-abuse/ https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/how-to-ask-children-adopted-from-foster-care-about-trauma-in-past-abuse/#comments Thu, 24 May 2018 16:31:28 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=38830 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/how-to-ask-children-adopted-from-foster-care-about-trauma-in-past-abuse/feed/ 1 Ask AF: How to Share Sad News About a Birth Parent? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/birth-mother-search-revealed-sad-news-how-to-share/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 19:26:31 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=38704 “One of the Missing Pieces” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/older-child-adoption-finding-missing-piece-disappointment/ Mon, 19 Mar 2018 11:05:34 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=38315 Ask AF: Explaining to Our Child That We Can’t Adopt Her Foster Sister https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/explaining-foster-care-helping-with-older-child-transition/ Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:46:44 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=37038 When Parents Divorce https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/when-parents-divorce/ Sun, 06 Aug 2017 13:30:04 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=7190