Birthfamilies

As adoptive parents, it can be difficult to navigate your family’s relationship with your child's birth family. In both open and closed adoption there is the possibility that your child will either form a relationship with his or her birthparents or attempt at some point to seek out that relationship. Our experts share advice on either introducing your child to his or her birthparents or explaining why that relationship is not possible.

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Understanding Why Children Search for Their Birth Parents

Jul 25, 2014

By: Kids in the House

Children have a natural curiosity about where they come from. This is true of children no matter what their background may be. Depending on the circumstances around the adoption or foster care, the child might remember and have known their birth family or might have no recollection of their birth...