Adopted Baby's feet on mothers hands.[Getty Images]
Adopting a child and learning that one was adopted has its own fair share of emotional and psychological challenges, which when not carefully handled can explode as it often does, into a thankless mess.
To tell or not to tell a child that he or she is an adoptee is another baggage often offloaded when the child is teased at school or told point-blank by baleful relatives.
Take Samuel Njoroge, now in his 40s. He was adopted at three but only learnt of the fact at 21. Despite having an absentee father, his late adoptive mother provided a great support system, but his childhood was plagued by doubts.