Which should you use, adopted or adoptive? An adopted child has been legally made a part of another family. Adoptive parents are people who have taken someone's child into their family and legallly made him or her their own child.
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They have trouble bonding with their adoptive child. |
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They have trouble bonding with their adopted child. |
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She lived a happy life with her adopted parents. |
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She lived a happy life with her adoptive parents. |