In most ways, adoptive family life is very much the same as non-adoptive family life. The day-to-day experiences in raising the children, really, encounter pretty much the same. But, there are unique issues in adoptive families that we don't find in non-adoptive families. Bringing the child home, sometimes at a later age; having to share adoptive information, supporting the child's connection to the birth family, and sometimes even other families even before they came into the family. Foster families, for example. Having to support the child's curiosity about their adoption and, sometimes, the search process; are all factors that adoptive parents face that non-adoptive parents don't.