What are some common societal issues or misconceptions that adoptive families confront?
We believe that society holds many different misconceptions of adoptive families. One is that we are less of a family because we are formed through adoption, that somehow our love is not as real. Society can demand public answers of how our family was created. This can cause adoptive families to lose an intimacy that families created by birth never have to experience. Last, society may believe that adoptive parents are somehow “saints” to adopt children who may be perceived as “damaged” or unwanted. Often these misconceptions are not overtly articulated, but nonetheless, are very real. Do you have some advice on coping with this? The main goal of the POST-ADOPTION BLUES was to provide coping strategies that families could put into use. We devote a chapter on how to cope with society’s influence. One strategy is to recognize that family’s needs supercede any of society’s needs. Protecting our children’s privacy and keeping the family’s intimacy intact is very important. Openly discussin
