Melissa's Perspective

Adopted at birth, Melissa shares very openly and vulnerably about her experience as an adoptee.

She shares her perspective on all kinds of things - many of which you may be wondering about, but also things you may have never considered.

Some of the topics we cover are:

* What she appreciates that her parents did for her.

* Dealing with unknown medical history.

* How she's experienced other people's views of adoption

* Her desire to know her biological family

* Ways of interacting with adopted children that are hurtful

* The best thing her parents did for her.

* Why you should never hide information about adoption from your child

* How trauma impacted her childhood and adulthood

* How to talk to your kids about being adopted

* and more!

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Part 2 will be an interview with Nikko, a young man who spent time in foster care.