http://writingmywrongs.com/2006/03/20/telling-children/ Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://writingmywrongs.com/2006/03/20/telling-children/#comment-7779 Helen Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:16:05 +0000 http://www.writingmywrongs.com/2006/03/20/telling-children/#comment-7779 Thank you for creating this blog to the other side... I was adopted at 8 and adopted parents divorced when I was in 5th grade. My father remarried when I was 17th after terminating his rights to his 2nd adopted child with issues. I am to call her mom.. It is still hard after 25 years. I have two young children of my own. My oldest is 4. I feel she needs to know at some point my history. My parents pretend that all is normal. In my opinion it is strained.. Thank you for creating this blog to the other side… I was adopted at 8 and adopted parents divorced when I was in 5th grade. My father remarried when I was 17th after terminating his rights to his 2nd adopted child with issues. I am to call her mom.. It is still hard after 25 years. I have two young children of my own. My oldest is 4. I feel she needs to know at some point my history. My parents pretend that all is normal. In my opinion it is strained..

]]> http://writingmywrongs.com/2006/03/20/telling-children/#comment-23 Suz Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:51:38 +0000 http://www.writingmywrongs.com/2006/03/20/telling-children/#comment-23 Cathy - Good to hear. From what I have learned, the more open you are, the better your family is prepared for reunion, the better it can be for all. So many families struggle with resentment and bitterness and jealousy when the lost family member returns. I mean to blog about this. Perhaps this week I shall. BTW, my son is also 12! Cathy – Good to hear. From what I have learned, the more open you are, the better your family is prepared for reunion, the better it can be for all. So many families struggle with resentment and bitterness and jealousy when the lost family member returns. I mean to blog about this. Perhaps this week I shall. BTW, my son is also 12!

]]> http://writingmywrongs.com/2006/03/20/telling-children/#comment-22 unsignedmasterpiece Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:43:18 +0000 http://www.writingmywrongs.com/2006/03/20/telling-children/#comment-22 My daughter was born after I met my son so she never realized there was a difference. I told her when she was 4 or 5 explaining what happened etc. She told it very well. We have lots of talks about adoption. Kids rise to the occasion I think if we let them. My daughter was born after I met my son so she never realized there was a difference. I told her when she was 4 or 5 explaining what happened etc. She told it very well. We have lots of talks about adoption. Kids rise to the occasion I think if we let them.

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