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For years adoption was treated as a secret that was best not talked about. The problem with secrecy is that it leads to a sense of shame, and since children are concrete thinkers they are too often at risk of internalizing the sense of shame that is associated with adoption. Understanding how to avoid shame and secrecy while protecting everyone’s privacy raised issues that are unique to adoption. These articles offer stories of adoptees’ personal experiences, along with expert advice and suggestions for how to handle difficult beginnings, as well as who to tell what. If you prefer, you can use our Library Search Tool to search by title or author. All the material in this section is copyrighted by Pact; for permission to reproduce or re-post it, please contact us at education@pactadopt.org.
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