Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care

How to Talk to Your Child About Unsafe Birth Parents (Without Shame or Fear) - Weekend Wisdom

May 2, 2026·11 min
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Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! Question: How do I delicately share information about my child’s birth parent with my child, when we know their biological parent has a long history of arrest? They are not a safe adult for my child to maintain a relationship with. Our family is struggling with how to balance the message that the adoption plan was made out of love for the child and not wanting to cast a negative message about the child’s birth parent, even though we know there is a history of so...

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