Some have also lost involved birthfathers. Older adoptees may remember siblings, grandparents, cousins, and foster parents. Some of your children have lost the country of their birth. A common child s issue, then, is unresolved grief. Common symptoms are depression, an inability to accept a new parent, rage displayed over loss that seems inappropriate in magnitude to the loss.
Many children come to adoption by way of parental neglect or abuse.
These children may continue to respond to the world out of their deprivation. These children steal, hoard, and lie because they believe they need to protect themselves in order to survive. These behaviors may become serious enough for families to seek therapy. Another behavior that signals a need for intervention is that of relationship problems. Children deprived of early consistency of care frequently have not learned how to form and keep relationships.