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Please keep in mind that my perspective is from the other side of the fence, but here’s what I’d offer birth parents: 1. I always hated when other people referred to my biological parents being as being my “real” mom or dad. My “real” mom and dad were the ones who rocked me for all hours of the night when I had colic, walked me to my first day of school, sent me to prom, were there to hold me…..
Although the baseline mechanics of adoption are somewhat the same: one set of parents gives up a child and another set takes that child in, the circumstances around it can vary widely. Some adoptees know who their birth parents are and keep in touch and some are like me and had no idea who they were. Whatever the circumstances, here’s the advice I’d offer to any adopted child: 1. It’s ok to wonder why you were given up, what…..
