About this episode

The episode discusses whether parents should inform their adopted children about their adoption status, featuring insights from guest Thomas Brooks.

Send us Fan Mail Should you tell your adopted child that they are adopted? Thomas Brooks, author of A wealth of family: An adopted son's international quest for heritage, reunion, and enrichment shares his prospective. Link to A Wealth of Family Book by Thomas Brooks: https://alphamultimedia.com/product/book-a-wealth-of-family/ https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Family-International-Heritage-Enrichment/dp/0977462935 Support the show About Me Dr. Zayda Sorrell Medina is a professor, socia...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Zayda Sorrell Medina

Guest: Thomas Brooks

Topics covered

• adoption
• parenting
• family dynamics
• identity
• heritage

Keywords

• adopted child
• adoption discussion
• family heritage
• parenting advice
• identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Alpha Multimedia, Amazon

Books & works: A Wealth of Family: An adopted son's international quest for heritage, reunion, and enrichment

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