How much to tell your child

October 20, 2017

Some parts of an adoptees' story are probably not good. When do you tell them about the hard parts? My gut instinct would be to wait until they ask and then tell them the truth in a simple way, but I remember asking questions as a child that I was definitely not ready to hear the answers for. How can you tell if they're ready to hear about the hard parts?

Lori Holden

October 29, 2017

I just published a post on a question related to this one, Annaleece, and at the end are included a few resources that address your question. One is a podcast from the University of Sydney Ideas Podcast Series, and the other is a webinar from Pact.

The post is called Her Son is Only Hers. She Can't Bear to Think Otherwise (https://lavenderluz.com/2017/10/share-child.html) and it's about talking with kids about adoption (even if the hard parts are ours!).