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Scenario

How to Handle Inappropriate Adoption Comments

My family keeps making comments about how lucky our adopted son is to have us and I can see it bothers him but I do not know how to make them stop.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The exhausting labor of protecting your child from others' inability to see adoption as anything but rescue.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adoptive parenting?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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