Keeping and Creating Connections

Truth Be Told: Adoption Stories by National Adoption Service

Nov 2, 202226:50Kids & family

How do you manage contact with an adopted child’s birth family? And how do you create new sibling relationships within families? In this episode, our adoptive parents tell us their stories about the sometimes daunting pr...

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