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

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 some very violent acts. We want this child to know and understand why the birth parent is not part of their life. Resources: Talking with Young Children about Adoption and Birth Parents Using Lifebooks to Explain Complex Issues in Adoption to Kids Building the Framework for Adopted & Foster Children to Process the Hard Parts of Their Stories 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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How to Talk to Your Child About Unsafe Birth Parents (Without Shame or Fear) - Weekend Wisdom is an episode from Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care by Creating a Family.

This episode is 11:45 long.

This episode was published on May 2, 2026.

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