It’s human nature to be fearful of a circumstance such as this. Understanding the complex emotions involved with adoption on behalf of your adopted child is vital. As parents we have to set aside our own insecurities and hurt in order to be the best advocate for our child. The adoptee seeing their adoptive parent as someone they can be completely open and honest with is more important than how the things they may share with us make us feel. Adoptive parents must recognize their adoptive child’s lives are rooted in the loss of their original family and work to facilitate ways that help them best navigate those complexities.