---
title: "Parenting Your Adopted School-Age Child"
description: "**Summary:** This resource provides simple, practical strategies parents can use to foster healthy development, including approaches for building attachment; addressing trauma, grief, and loss; talking honestly with their child about adoption; acknowledging his or her adoption history; using effective discipline;…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/parenting-resources/parenting-your-adopted-school-age-child/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Parenting Resources
tags:
  - Audience
  - Child welfare professionals
  - Families
  - Tipsheet
---

# Parenting Your Adopted School-Age Child

**Summary:** This resource provides simple, practical strategies parents can use to foster healthy development, including approaches for building attachment; addressing trauma, grief, and loss; talking honestly with their child about adoption; acknowledging his or her adoption history; using effective discipline; and enhancing their child's school experience.

 

**Application: **Professionals can review this resource with parents as pre-placement training and when needed during their parenting journey.

 

**Source: **Child Welfare Information Gateway

 

[Read More](https://www.childwelfare.gov/resources/parenting-your-adopted-school-age-child/)

 

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