Creating a Family has this list of books to help prepare siblings for adoption. In addition to these practical preparations, add some books or kids’ shows that feature adoption storylines.
And of course, you’ll read lots of big brother and big sister books together. You will find yourself pointing out new babies everywhere you go. You can role play sibling interactions with dolls and stuffed animals. If you are adopting a newborn of the same race as the rest of your family, then you can prepare your existing children quite similarly to the way you’d make them ready for the birth of a sibling. Let’s face it: adoption isn’t the norm in many parenting circles, so you and your existing children often have more planning and then explaining to do. Transracial adoptive parenting often takes a bit more legwork to find the resources you need to prepare well. Your prospective child may be of a different race than his new-to-him siblings. That means that he will likely already have established some habits and behaviors that can complicate sibling relationships.
We have compiled these tips to help smooth out those wrinkles. Getting your family off on the right foot when you add an adopted child to a home where siblings already exist takes forethought. This is the case regardless of how your new child enters the family, but doing so through adoption can throw in a few added wrinkles. Adding a child to your family changes the dynamics for everyone, but most especially for the children who are already in the home.
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