How do you manage contact with an adopted child’s birth family? And how do you create new sibling relationships within families? <br /><br />In this episode, our adoptive parents tell us their stories about the sometimes daunting process of communicating with birth families and managing children's expectations.<br /><br />We hear how Gareth overcame his anger at the birth parents for his children’s benefit. And Rob describes the moment he and his husband brought two non-blood siblings into their family.

Truth Be Told: Adoption Stories

National Adoption Service

Keeping and Creating Connections

NOV 2, 202226 MIN
Truth Be Told: Adoption Stories

Keeping and Creating Connections

NOV 2, 202226 MIN

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How do you manage contact with an adopted child’s birth family? And how do you create new sibling relationships within families? <br /><br />In this episode, our adoptive parents tell us their stories about the sometimes daunting process of communicating with birth families and managing children's expectations.<br /><br />We hear how Gareth overcame his anger at the birth parents for his children’s benefit. And Rob describes the moment he and his husband brought two non-blood siblings into their family.