5 Things Resident Kids Should Know About Their Foster or Adopted Sibling’s Early Life

The circumstances which led a child to enter foster care or be available for adoption can alter the child in profound ways, impacting relationships in their new family. If you have adopted a child or are fostering a child and also have other children in the home, there are some things your resident child needs to know about the effects of these early experiences on their siblings.

Each child differs in their degree of resilience to adverse experiences, but they all will be affected in some measure by these five things: