Design For Life: Should I tell my children about their parentage?
This week, clinical psychologist Dr Malie Coyne advises a reader with one biological child and one adopted child who is unsure whether to tell them about it just yet
Dear Expert,
My husband and I have two children, a seven-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl. Our son is adopted. We did this at a time when I had been told that it would be nearly impossible for me to conceive, so you can imagine my surprise when I became pregnant with our daughter!
But we are unsure of how or if to tell the children that they have different biological parentage. As far as ...