Tough topics can range from discontinued contact to a slip back into drug habits to unexpected medical problems.
Ask AF: Age-Appropriate Adoption Books
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Ask AF: When Only Negative Details Are Known
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Ask AF: Explaining Poverty
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Our Family Adoption Story
Preschoolers love hearing about their adoption when it’s told as a narrative designed to inform and comfort.
Connecting with Other Adoptees
As they progress through grade school, most children want to “blend in” and be part of the crowd. But what if a child feels that the way she joined her family–through adoption–sets her apart?
Ask AF: Answering Complex Questions
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Ask AF: Gaining Comfort with Adoption Talk
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Questions About Birth Siblings
Don’t be surprised if your child wants to know about his birth brothers and sisters. Such questions are healthy — and normal.
Ask AF: Explaining Adoption and Divorce
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Ask AF: Preschooler Grieving After a Failed Match
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Nosy Questions, Little Ears
Ever since our children were babies, we’ve heard them, ignored them, and answered them. But how do we handle them in the preschool years?
Ask AF: Assuming Friends Were Adopted
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Ask AF: Validating a Child’s Past
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“Should I Tell Her Teacher?”
I haven’t decided not to tell my daughter’s preschool that she was adopted, but, so far, I haven’t told.
20 Questions Kids Ask About Adoption
Your child has questions about babies, birth mothers, and the way he joined your family. Now, you have the answers.
Ask AF: How Do You Explain International Adoption vs. Open Adoption?
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Making Memories
Digital scrapbooking is the easy, new way to preserve your memories–and adoptive parents are leading the way!
Ask AF: Feeling Left Out of a Birth Family
Our seven-year-old biological son seems to swing between feeling left out because his siblings (both adopted) have “other families” to feeling that they can’t be part of our family because they have “other” families.
Birth Parents on Their Minds
Your teen probably spends a lot of time thinking (or fantasizing) about her birth mother. Here’s how to get some of those thoughts out in the open.