I think i do. I always consider a child as adult , and would like to tell every truth to them . First , it can show my respect to him/her, second, it would make myself feel free. (I don't know if I have any mistakes , if there is , hope you could point out for me, thank you !)

Yes, I will certainly tell him the truth so that he doesn't feel isolated and grown up in dark when he attains the age of thinking on such sensitive issues. This would not only boost up his courage but also reduce our fear of him knowing the truth by some other means. It only needs our answering his queries in a positive way and not letting him feel shy about his own identity or his adoption by us.

i will. and even if i dont, eventually they will learn the truth from others. so might as well tell the truth before its too late. but we have to consider the age of the child before letting him or her know the fact. we have to be very transparent too of considering the emotion of the child when we let them know the truth. for example, it takes a timing whether the child is in good emotions or not to inform where they came from and how they have gotten into this kind of adoption. 2nd, is to let the child understand why there has been an adoption taken and try to let the kid understand that adoption is not merely because you wanted to have a child but, the mere reason that a couple wants to share there love and happiness to someone. 3rd, explaining to the child that being an adopted baby is not a big mistake on their part. there are some adopted child that doesnt understand at first the reasons why they are being adopted and misunderstood the opinions of their poster parents.

omg...don't you see how many tv characters' lives were messed up after being told they were adopted as a baby? i'm kidding. :P to be realistic, as parents, we want to instill honesty in our children's character, so when the child is mature enough to understand and handle the fact, then we may disclose the information. i think once s/he turns 18 is best because high school students are in a more emotional stage in life and might not be able to handle it. they can use the fact of being adopted as a weapon or an excuse. for example, one might say, "well, you're not even my real mom/dad, so why should i listen to you?"

My aunt adopted two children and told them the truth as soon as they got enough able with language; now they fill confortable with it and find it normal as I find normal having been born by my mother. What makes parents to children is love, not blood bond; they're my cousins and I love them and that's really all. However my cousin, who's so shy, sometimes had some problems with school mates mocking her for she had been adopted, so I explained her there are mothers "in body" and mothers "in heart", and the last ones had to prepare many documents and wait years before adopting their child, hence there's no doubt on their love. Now she's proud of that.