[taylorfam]

My wife and I are a young married couple, and we have strongly been considering adoption. However my wife is currently 6 months pregnant, but my wife and I have already wanted to adopt kids. However we are faced with tons of questions and seeking some real life advice vs. a fluffy online article or book.

Our first question deals with our potential adoption opportunity. My business partner has an adopted daughter (15 yrs) that has had a daughter that is about 4 months old now. However the birth mother is going back to a teen home where the child cannot go. This means the child will be in the state system with Division of Family Services (Missouri). My business partner right now has custody and guardianship of the child, but is considering placing the child up for adoption.

We as soon to be parents were thinking about possibly adopting the baby and raising it on our own. Thoughts? This would be an open adoption since the birthmother knows us.

Next we have questions like:

How do you tell a child they are adopted?
When to tell a child they are adopted?
For parents with both natural-birth and adopted how to keep the peace in the house, and one child not taunting the other child?

Also any other advice people can toss in we need it..

E & M Taylor
Kansas City, MO