“…Because we are storytelling beings (Fisher, ) and narratives serve sense‐making, identity, and coping functions (Koenig Kellas, ), it may come as no surprise that storytelling is central to parent–child communication during this phase. In fact, Wrobel et al () regard storytelling as the first and most essential task for adoptive parents and research has indicated the sharing of the adoption story ought to happen early and often in adoptive families (Barbosa‐Ducharne & Soares, ; Baxter, Norwood, Asbury, Jannusch, & Scharp, ). As Brodzinsky () explained, young children are often able to label themselves as “adopted” and learn the language of adoption such that they develop the capacity to talk about being adopted, although they might not always fully understand what adoption means.…”