Talking about Tough Issues: Rape
Stress that the child was not given up because of the circumstances of her conception, but because the mother could not care for her (which may have been partly because of the emotional trauma of the cirucumstances of the conception). In early childhood: “It wasn’t a happy relationship. Your birthmother was scared. Sometimes your birthfather hadn’t respected her and had made her do things that hurt her. She didn’t want you around him, and she was too hurt by what had happened to take care of you herself, so she made an adoption plan that would keep you safe and … Continue reading