Birth Mother Grief Quizzes

1. True or False: If she's at peace with her decision to place, a birth mother will never experience grief.

True

False

2. Which of the following can you do to help your child's birth mother work through her grief?

Cut off contact. This will make the adoption less painful for her.

Offer to let her raise the child after all.

Pretend that she isn't sad. If you don't acknowledge it, it's not real!

None of the above.

3. In helping your child's birth mother grieve, you should avoid:

Loving her unconditionally

Being available for her to talk to.

Moping around gloomily so she knows you're sad for her.

Asking about her feelings.

4. True or False: Birth mothers don't know what they want, so you'll need to take charge of her grieving process.

True

False

5. What does every birth mother need?

Acceptance

Trust

Validation

All of the above