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"I guess my question is when do you normally tell a child they are adopted? How do you tell them? When do you address the bioparents issue and introductions? I would prefer to wait till the child was 18 for the meeting and let it be their choice."
I feel that you should tell a child that they were adopted from the beginning. We celebrate both her birthday and Gotcha! day, the day that she came home with us. We've given her age appropriate books on adoption. My favorite is called " The Day We Met You". She is now 4 and it is amazing how much she comprehends. I hope that the more open we are about the subject the less of an issue it will be.
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