We will explore the current state of adoption, including misconceptions about the process, who is adopting, who is placing their children up for adoption and who needs to be adopted in the United States. We will look at what makes an adoption successful or unsuccessful, how to talk with kids about adoption, and the challenges and rewards of adopting older children and profoundly traumatized kids. We will also look at how early life traumas impact a child’s ability to trust and attach to adoptive parents. Our guest will also describe what happens when adopted kids want to seek out their birt
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