You thought adoption would live up to the myth about being a magical, wonderful, incredible experience. Although adoption is a wonderful way to build families, adopted children don't always like it. They want to be like other kids, and most other kids aren't adopted.
Adopted kids know they're different.
They're not only different, they've already faced one of the hardest lessons life has to teach. They have lost their birth parents and will have to confront the reality that painful, sad things can happen to them. For most of us who are not adopted, having a parent die or losing a parent through divorce may be the biggest loss we'll ever know. There is a huge hole in our lives. Can't Change Their Past From time to time, adopted children really wish their lives had turned out differently.