Adoption: How to Talk With Your Child About Being Adopted

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Patient Education| 2021 Adoption: How to Talk With Your Child About Being Adopted Connected Content Translation: Adopción: Cómo decirle a su hijo que es adoptado Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Adoption: How to Talk With Your Child About Being Adopted. Pediatric Patient Education 2021; 10.1542/peo_document181 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All AAP SitesAll PublicationsPediatric Patient Education Search Advanced Search Topics: adoption, love, natural parent, preschool child, toddler Children who are adopted need to understand their life stories because this understanding is important to their long-term well-being. As parents of an adopted child, you may not know what to say to or what to share with your child. Here is information from the American Academy of Pediatrics about how to talk with your child about being adopted. It’s never too early to talk with your child about adoption. Talking about the adoption shows your child that it is OK to bring up this topic. The longer you wait to talk about adoption with your child, the harder it will be to talk about. Just like any child delights in learning about the day he was born, a child who is adopted loves to learn the details about how he came into the family. Tell him how excited you were... © 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics. All rights reserved. You do not currently have access to this content.