Adopted persons tend to experience seven core issues related to their adoption. Discussions of adoption over the years have often overlooked the pain and struggles of adoptees, but identifying these core issues and helping children integrate them as they grow validates their experiences, decreasing feelings of being different and isolated.
“Pushing Past an Older Child’s Barriers”
What we learned about talking about a child's past and attaching in the present after adopting a 10-year-old from foster care.