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- Have you become more involved in activism since adopting?
- Are you involved in school life? (E.g., in the parent’s association)
- Are you involved in voluntary work? (E.g., charity or neighbors’ association)
- How well did the child settle?
- Has there been an initial period of 'honeymoon'?
- Has there been a grieving process of the child for one's past life?
- Has there been a need for counseling/therapy? (In the couple, in the family, for individuals)
- What is the hardest part of raising an adopted child?
- What is the hardest part of being a 'pink' household?
- How did you relationship to your family and friends change since you adopted?
- How did you relationship to the scene change since you adopted?
- How did you relationship to your neighbors change since you adopted?
- How did you relationship to work change since you adopted?
- Have you been focusing on you career the same since the adoption?
- Do you require more flexibility at work, do you get it, and how does it affect your career?
- Where did you feel you were unprepared/failing?
- Where were you surprised to be more prepared than expected?
- What is the impact of having only one legal parent? (Health, school, etc.)
- Are you a good parent?
- As a couple, are you good parents?
- Are you made feel by others you are a good parent?
- How could you be a better parent?
- What should you stop doing?
- What should you keep doing?
- What should you do differently?
- Who provides you with the best advice in raising your child?
- How do you define a 'family' now?
- Why are you in the best interest of the child?
- Do you sometimes regret adopting?
- What is the single most important thing you learned from adopting?
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