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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are under six. When they were little I read them a couple light books but that's it. If they asked a question, I answered it. Should I do more?[/quote] As an adoptive parent, I think it's important that your kids know they were adopted. I don't think you have to make a big deal about it and glorify adoption or the birth family or dwell on it. But, I think if you don't correct misstatements from them, you send a message that something's wrong. For example, when my kids would say "when I was in your belly . . ." I would remind them that I didn't carry them. For my kids it was in first grade where they did an autobiography which asked questions that would definitely have led to me having to either lie or divulge their adoption had I not done it before. I was glad to have shared on my time schedule, not the one set by the school. [/quote]
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