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These questions are aimed at the adopted children who is now adult, or can be used for the adopters to share what they perceive to be their child’s experience.
- Did the child have a traumatic past? (Neglect, abuse, inconsistent parenting, loss)
- How did the past of the child impact the family?
- What is the hardest part of being an adopted child?
- Does the child regret having been adopted?
- What is the hardest part of having 'pink' parents?
- Does the child regret having been adopted in a 'pink' family?
- How does the child relate to one's parent's 'pinkness'?
- How does the child relate to one's birth parents?
- How does the child relate to the 'birth story'?
- How does the child explain the family situation to others?
- How is the child defining oneself as regard the diversity of one's family?
- Is the child defining oneself by another type of diversity?
- How is the child's diversity perceived by others?
- Is the child out about one's parents?
- How does the child's sexuality (after it has bloomed) relates to one's parents'? (Birth if known, and adoptive)
- Is being adopted by same-gender parents better than being adopted by a single heterosexual parent?
- Are two fathers as good as two mothers, a mother and father, or one single parent?
- Where did the child find gender balance?
- What are the 3 things the adopted child would like one's parents to have known before adopting?
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