Women who have chosen to pursue adoption but already have children at home often wonder how to explain adoption to their children.
How do you tell your children you are placing their brother or sister for adoption? Will they understand? Will they be sad or angry?
If possible, begin explaining adoption to your children while you are pregnant, and be sure to use age-appropriate language. Be honest with them, but don’t tell them more than they need to know.
Explain how your baby will always be your son or daughter and your children’s brother or sister, but that the baby will be living with another mommy and daddy who are unable to have children on their own.
Over the next several weeks, continue to remind your children about the reasons you are choosing adoption. American Adoptions encourages you to:
Watch Adoption Movies with Your Children – There are many children’s movies that have an adoption theme. ...