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  • The Adopted Family (5-14-2010)

     

    PODCAST SCRIPT:

    Adoptive parents can take steps to help their adopted child work through identity issues during the teen years.

    Adopted children often have to work through grief, anger and feelings of abandonment, especially if they were adopted later in life. But adoptive parents will soothe these difficulties by openly discussing the child’s birth and their family history.

    Make the adopted child an equal part of your family, while at the same time, valuing their unique origins. And avoid spoiling the child with too many material things or added freedoms.

    The bottom line is this…the more normally you treat your adopted child, the more normal they’ll feel and they’ll have fewer issues with identity.



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