# How to Talk to Your Child About Unsafe Birth Parents (Without Shame or Fear) - Weekend Wisdom

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Podcast: [Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care](https://stenobird.com/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526)
Published: 2026-05-02T06:00:00+00:00
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Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! Question: How do I delicately share information about my child’s birth parent with my child, when we know their biological parent has a long history of arrest? They are not a safe adult for my child to maintain a relationship with. Our family is struggling with how to balance the message that the adoption plan was made out of love for the child and not wanting to cast a negative message about the child’s birth parent, even though we know there is a history of so...

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