Adoptive Family Structure Analysis

So the one that I found particularly interesting to me was the adoptive family structure. I have a younger cousin who is adopted so it was interesting to me to see what stress that she might be experiencing from this family structure setting. What I read was that it is very common for those who were adopted to feel rejected and abandoned by their birth parents. This is accompanied by feelings of grief and loss. Feelings of loss and rejection are often accompanied by a damaged sense of self esteem. There is an understandable tendency to think that "something must be wrong with me for my birth parents to have give me away."I also found and read that big stress that adopted children feel in this family setting is self identity. While this search
is difficult for most teenagers, it presents special problems for adoptee children. Assuming they never met their natural parents and family and have no idea of their genetic background, they are left with a gigantic gap in their search to answer the age old question, "Who am I."It also creates stress many times for the parents as well. What I also found was that there are many ways to make sure we are alleviating these stresses that child and the parent might feel in many cases i saw that psychotherapy is extremely helpful in reducing guilt, anxiety, depression and fear about being adopted. It is also helpful if the the communication between the child and parents is open about the adoption and the child's genetic parents. For parents it has been found that support groups are helpful and supports groups can be helpful for those who were adopted and need help in coping with their feelings, fears and frustrations.