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Among the many myths about adoption that I would like to yeet into the sun, foremost would be the idea that replacing one sent of parents with another eliminates a sense of loss and grief.
How can we possibly expect babies and small children to process loss that is so huge and overwhelming that we can& #39;t even really talk about it? Adopted kids are on their own to try to understand and process unfathomable loss.
I& #39;ve said think before, but everyone one says that family is precious and irreplaceable unless you happen to be adopted and then people tell you that family is entirely interchangeable and replaceable and that you should be grateful for this.
The other reason that we are alone in our loss is that it isn& #39;t often safe to talk about our loss with adoptive parents (no matter how well intentioned). So imagine being, say, five years old and struggling to process this overwhelming grief that you can talk about with anyone.
