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When Partners Disagree About Sharing Adoption History

My husband does not want to tell our adopted son about his birth father's criminal history but our son keeps asking and I think he deserves to know the truth.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision between protection and honesty in shaping a child's understanding of their origins.

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“Where Are You with Adoptive parenting?”

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