As long as the child is up into a happy and healthy home where it has people who love the child then there is no reason that the child would grow up feeling unloved or have any damage what so ever.

I think as long as they are young they wont know the difference as long as they have love an support in thier life!

Ditto

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It will surely be a positive thing that the child feels that he's loved and respected, but it's always a shock to learn that we have been adopted, that our mum and dad aren't our biological parents. Juss like a divorce, adoption hurts children a lot and we should be very careful when announcing our child that he has been adopted. The latter can have very weird reactions

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Yes I think that they do influence the life of the kids despite their age!! Many get may overcome it with gratitude but generally they feel hatred for their think that their adoptive parents lied to them and so they think that they have been betrayed!! This does occur frequently during adolescence when the children are getting to discover life in its reality and searching and learning their identity better!! Regardless of their age they should be bestowed with comprehension, closeness and caring more than ever when the come to learn about the truth!! Sometimes they require professional help for they can develop some kind of depressions!!

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I think that there is a massive impact on the child.It is not easy to live with someone who is not your parents and behave as such.I feel that if a kid is old enough it becomes easier but still there will be some problem.
This is a very hot issue according to me.