Thank you for sharing your thoughts about your adoptive parents with us. Almost half (43%) said your parents know how you feel. Another 43% of you said your parents understand you a little.

Here are some of the things you said:

My Parents Don’t Have a Clue About…
That I think about adoption every day.

Who my mom is. They don’t know how much I miss my real family.

They don’t know that I want to meet my biological family.

They were never adopted and they don’t know what I’m going through.

I lie about where I come from to avoid questions.

I don’t like to be adopted because everyone says, “Is that your real mommy?”

How much I want to see my birth parents.

I don’t like it when they tell others that I was adopted.

What to tell me about my birth parents—not that they know much.

I Wish My Parents Knew…
Where my birth mother lives.

I miss my biological mom and dad. I wish I could have my “real” sister here with me.

That I want to know my biological brothers.

About my birth parents and know how I feel sometimes.

Where my birth parents are now. If they are alive and what their characters or traits are.

I wish I know more about my birth dad.

I don’t like to be adopted because everyone says, “Is that your real mommy?” That is a little bit annoying.

How I feel about adoption.

My birth parents names.

Their names would be nice.

Here are some other things you told us…

I think adoption is very cool because it gives a child a chance to live and it is a lot betterthan throwing them out on the street.

I want to adopt 25 kids and have a group home for them. They will all be adopted when they’re infants. I have high hopes of making a LOT of kids happy to be adopted by me.