Health Tip: Parenting Adopted Teens

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Teenagers often struggle with questions of identity. For adopted teens, the struggle may be harder than it is for their non-adopted peers.

When dealing with questions of identity, the Children Welfare Information Gateway suggests:

• Talk to your teen about his or her birth parents.
• Develop a lifebook of personal history.
• Connect the youth to cultural, ethnic and spiritual activities.
• Provide opportunities to interact with other adopted persons.
• Recognize similarities between you and your adopted children.

Source: HealthDay

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