@bex_and_kasey: Adoption starts with loss, even in the most loving homes. Love matters, but love doesn’t erase that loss. Being trauma-informed means recognizing what your child carries, even if they can’t explain it. You didn’t cause the trauma, but you’re in the position to help make it safer to face. This is the first of many hard truths adoptive parents need to hear from an adoptee who lived it. #AdoptionReframed #TruthBombSeries #AdoptionTrauma #ListenToAdoptees #AdopteeVoice #AdoptiveParents #TraumaInformedParenting #UnpackingTheBittersweet #HardTruths #ParentingRealTalk #adoptee #adoption #foryoupage #foryou #fyp
I was a foster child and was reunited with my family. One family wanted to adopt me though. There was no consideration for me losing my mom and younger sister in that scenario. Luckily things worked out positively for me. some aren't so lucky. Children should be listened to, especially the ones that don't say much.
2025-07-15 14:46:26
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Ashley Dano :
As an AP, I am super grateful to adoptees for sharing their valuable thoughts and feelings with us. I get connected to ppl who are “wanting to adopt” and I’m able to paint a realistic picture, direct them to adoptees voices on social media and explain how I became basically anti private adoption and foster care reform minded after we became foster parents bc of all the truth and education shared on TT in particular. Look forward to seeing more of this series.
2025-07-16 18:24:46
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Adoption Literate :
Yes!! I think some adoptive parents who deal with infertility also need to examine their own grief at not being able to have a biological child before they adopt, so their adoptive child’s needs can be fully meet — instead of adoptees having their needs shadowed by the needs of the adoptive parents!
2025-07-21 22:05:51
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