Truth is critical to identify and to becoming responsible, mature adults. The innate need to know why I am the way I am is not a reflection of the success or lack of success of the adoptive family. It is a fundamental human question, which must be answered, to a large degree, by one's genetic influences. Adoptive Parents Myth Fact 1. If adoptive parents provide a good, loving home, their child will need little information about biological origins.
Adoptive families are just like biological families.
Adoptive families are different, not deficient or deviant, just different. When these differences are acknowledged and accepted, adopted children deal more successfully with the psychological effects of those differences. Myth Fact 1. A healthy way to protect birthmothers and adoptees from stigma of illegitimacy and abandonment is through secrecy. If birthmothers and adoptees wish to find each other, all they have to do is sign up on a registry.