Bringing Birth Siblings Into Our Children’s Stories—and Lives

The vast majority of our children have birth siblings, yet parents may wonder how to approach the topic. Adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoptees share how they talk about biological siblings, and build brother-sister bonds.

TAGS: Birth Family, Birth Mothers, Birth Siblings, Open Adoption, Siblings, Talking with Kids About Adoption

January 25, 2017

brothers and sisters benefit from knowing about and seeing their birth siblings after adoption

The vast majority of our children have birth siblings, yet parents may wonder how to approach the topic. Adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoptees share how they talk about biological siblings, and build brother-sister bonds.

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