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Life story book

9 replies

bberry · 18/08/2014 09:13

Adopters - did/does your dc's life story book have the bp's and siblings full names in, including surnames?

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TulipsfromAmsterdam · 18/08/2014 09:35

Yes, ours has all names in full :)

IsThisOneTaken · 18/08/2014 15:52

Yes.

Lilka · 18/08/2014 16:53

Originally yes, both DD2 and DS books had surnames in
When they were redone, no!

FamiliesShareGerms · 19/08/2014 07:21

Yes

bberry · 19/08/2014 08:29

Thanks ladies.... It just seems a security risk to me.... What were your thoughts and subsequent experiences?

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IsThisOneTaken · 19/08/2014 11:44

Security risk or risk of children contacting birth family prematurely???

My children were 5 and 6 when adopted so were fully aware of their birth names and that of their birth family, so no additional risk whatsoever. In my circumstances, it didn't even occur to me to query it.

My circs maybe different to yours tho?

Lilka · 19/08/2014 14:08

And how did I manage to screw my post up without realising?

My DD2's book does have surnames in it. It's DS's which doesn't. Actually, my reasons for that in our case weren't to do with him contacting his birth family, but in this day and age, with a young child, it's definitely something I might think about.

namesmayhavebeenchanged · 19/08/2014 19:01

This one's on my mind too bberry. I think I've decided to take them out and have a frank and honest conversation when he asks about how I don't think it's in DS's best interests to know until he can deal with it. Can't see another option tbh...

Buster510 · 28/08/2014 14:26

Hi, Sorry to Hijack, but I was just wondering on the pages about Mum and Dad (us) on the life story book, what kind of things should we write about? any ideas is much appreciated! We are still working on DSs at the moment.

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