Key points

True readiness means recognizing your child doesn’t come to you with a blank slate.

Adoption begins with loss. Every child’s history must be honored and understood.

Openness and honesty about adoption helps a child build a healthy identity.

Love is essential, but lifelong learning makes adoption truly healing.

November is National Adoption Month, a time to honor the complexity of adoption and the voices of those who live it every day: adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive families. Throughout this month, I’ll be spotlighting a series of articles exploring the emotional, developmental, and relational layers of adoption, because adoption is not a one-time event; it’s a lifelong journey of searching for identity and belonging.

Adoption is often framed as an act of love, and

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