How to Talk to Kids about Adoption, Foster Care and Attachment with Allison Davis Maxon, LMFT
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Validating Feelings and Acknowledging Loss in Adoption
This chapter discusses the importance of validating the feelings of children who have been adopted and acknowledging the grief involved in the adoption experience. It emphasizes the need for parents to create a safe space for children to express their hurt, pain, and suffering related to adoption, and highlights the loyalty conflicts that children might experience between their birth parents and adoptive parents.
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