This episode is also available as a blog post: https://sherrieeldridgeadoption.blog/2021/06/02/adoptees-suffer-phantom-pain/

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The Special Needs of Many Adopted Kids

Parenting an adopted child may be the greatest life challenge for many adoptive parents. This parenting can become warlike and it isn't for sissies. However, aren't prepared for suffering by social workers and adoption agencies. Romanticism still reigns. The adopted child not only rejects parental love, but also the parents. Best-selling Adoption Author, Sherrie Eldridge, an adoptee herself, validates both child and adoptive parent suffering, leading them to the path of freedom through a crisis of forgiveness.. Is there any hope for the adoptive parent or child? Yes. Find it here.