Answering My Child's Questions When I Have No Information to Share - Weekend Wisdom

Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! This is a second question from a listener named Tabitha who adopted a baby boy last year. Tho the adoption looked like it might be at least semi-open, it's effectively closed for now because the baby's birth mom is no longer communicating even with the agency. Question: All our training spoke to the benefits of open adoption. We also know (our baby) has two older siblings living with grandparents. There is also a toddler-aged sibling who was adopted. Like us, first mom is in her early 40s, so she’s got life experience. How do we handle questions that arise when baby G is older, with so little info? We seem to be a rarity in this day and age, with a closed adoption not of our choosing. I definitely respect mom’s choices, but I know questions will pop up on our little one’s end down the road. Resources: Strategies for Maintaining Sibling Connections Helping Siblings Separated by Adoption or Foster Care - Weekend Wisdom Handling Social Media & Birth Family Contact with Your Adopted, Foster, or Kinship Kids Support the show Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by . We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building

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This episode was published on Feb 28, 2026.

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