This understanding makes them aware of the reality of adoption-related loss, which is considered by most adoption professionals to be a central issue in the emotional adaptation of adopted people (Brodzinsky, 1990; Brodzinsky and Pinderhughes, 2002). By middle childhood, children tend to understand other people's points of view and understand empathy towards someone else. These social reasoning skills help adopted children recognize the problem their biological parents may have faced. School-age children often begin to wonder if their biological parents think about them and if they regret their attitude..