Talking with Young Children about Adoption

Discusses how young children make sense of the fact that they are adopted, how it might appear in their play, and what worries they and their parents may have. Accounts by 20 adoptive parents of conversations with their children, from ages two to ten, convey the process of sharing about adoption.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 270 pages

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