Coping With Adoption

Discusses the impact that adoption has on the birthparents and how they cope; options and resources for birthparents; addresses the idea of searching for a child.

Guidance and information about the stages of reunion from preparing yourself, to making first contact, to coping with post-reunion issues that may arise. Includes personal reunion stories.

It's natural to experience a sense of loss after placement. And while this loss may seem overpowering, you can overcome it. You can heal emotionally and move forward with your life.

When adopted children physically resemble the parents who have adopted them, it is not obvious that an adoption has occurred, and it less likely that people will think to ask about adoption. This is not often the case with interracial adoptions, where it is obvious that the parents and child are not

The adoption system works as a type of contract which includes issues like contact with the birth family; it is natural to feel worried about adopted children meeting birth parents but the whole process can be positive for all.

An adoption reunion refers to the reconnection of biological family members who were separated by adoption. Reunions are sometimes initiated by adoptive parents on behalf of their minor children; however, the majority of reunions are between adult biological family members: adult adopted persons ...