See this little chickie?
Isn’t she the cutest thing ever?
She’s happy as can be because her mama knows what kinds of feelings and thoughts are floating around in that precious little mind. Her mama is savvy because she’s read every adoption book she can get her hands on.
She knows the right time and place for conversations and looks for real-life situations to teach her daughter adoption truths about her sweet little self.
You Can Be Comfortable “Talking Adoption” With Your Children
Many adoptive parents gulp when thinking about how to tell their children about their birth and adoption. It doesn’t matter if your adoption is domestic, infant, foster/adopt, international, bi-racial, bi-cultural, all parents get butterflies about some aspects of the child’s history.
When and how do we tell?
Should I share the painful parts?
What are some tips to help me share?
The First Thing to Remember
Start talking adoption on day one! No matter what the age of your child, “We are so lucky to get to adopt you. We will never leave you and love you, love you forever.”
These and many other questions are answered in story form in Forever Fingerprints…An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children (release date October 21, 2014).
You can pre-order here at a discounted price! http://goo.gl/QrL5vK
Here is a DVD that may help you also: Talking Adoption With Your Kidshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWqJGiLKQbY
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