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How to Talk About Adoption

Find information on how to explain adoption to birth children, adopted children, family, friends, medical professionals, teachers, and others.

Helping Classmates Understand Adoption (PDF - 506 KB)
Adoptive Families Magazine (2005)
A handout adoptive parents can share with their child's teacher and class, with adoption facts, common questions and answers, and guidelines for talking about adoption with children.

Let's Talk Adoption: A Lifetime of Family Conversations
Adoption Learning Partners
Online course to help adoptive families make talking about adoption part of everyday life.

Talking to Your Six- to Eight-Year-Old About Adoption (PDF - 209 KB)
Adoptive Families Magazine
Tips for parents of young children.

Talking to Your Three- to Five-Year-Old About Adoption (PDF - 100 KB)
Adoptive Families Magazine (2003)
Tips for parents of preschoolers.

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Updated on May 8, 2008