This article answers whether adoptees have trouble with trust, intimacy, and attachment in romantic relationships. The author is the partner of an adoptee and a licensed MFT. Her advice is empathetic, supportive, and could help anybody interested in improving a relationship affected by adoption.
This forum is dedicated to supporting spouses of adoptees. It addresses attachment issues, self-blaming, and trust and commitment issues. These perspectives are not universally true and some topics may be triggering. This resource provides spouses of adoptees with community and different perspectives.
This blog article shares the author’s experiences and perspective about what it’s like to be the spouse of an adoptee. He empathizes with his wife’s feelings, explains his own feelings, and explains how he supports her. This resource will benefit spouses of adoptees who want to understand and support their partners.
This blog article shares the author’s experiences with creating trust and love with her spouse. She lists ten choices that adoptees can make in their relationship to create stronger relationships. This resource will benefit adoptees who are addressing their trust and attachment issues with their partner.
This blog article shares the author’s experiences about how she overcame trust issues with her spouse. The center of the story is about how she worked through the decision to give her husband access to her medical information. This is a good resource for adoptees who are figuring out how and why to remedy trust issues with their spouse.
This blog shares an adoptee’s experience about reunion with her birth family. It offers insight about how the experience has impacted her identity and how some adoptees integrate their lives with both their adoptive and birth families.
A blog by a mom about her adopted children. She doesn’t disclose their names or faces out of respect and describes her adoptions as domestic, transracial, and open. She blogs about Black hair, skin care, representation, and more.
An adoptive parent’s blog about how reading adoptee’s stories and opinions worries her. Adult adoptee responds by addressing her fears. This is a good resource for prospective adoptive parents worried about adoption.
An article written by a Korean-American adoptee about the Side by Side project, where adoptees discuss their lives, relationships, and origins. Side by Side also considers the need for parents to ask how their children feel about their adoption.
The blog of an adult Chinese-American adoptee which explores her feelings and experiences regarding adoption.
