What Adopted Children need to know:
- That they are loved by their parents and by both of their biological parents.
- That they did not cause their non-custodial parent to abandon them.
- That they are an accepted and valued member of the family.
- That it is okay for them to love their natural parents.
- That it is okay for them to miss and/or think about their missing biological parent.
- That it is okay for them to talk about missing the biological parent.
- That it is okay for them to have feelings of mixed emotions on special days or at other times.