I, myself, am adopted. I came from the same sort of abuse that my soon to be adopted son went through. He is six. I cannot remember much about how my parents, who are deceased, handled the adoption transition. I am willing to take any helpful advise to make my new son as comfortable and happy as possible. I have a 3.5 year old daughter and a 7 year old son, both biologically mine and my husband's. We have explained to them at their level what is going on. My son to be suffered severe emotional and physical abuse and was described as a very shy and loving boy. He is very sensitive as well. He is quiet and withdrawn at times and can sometimes have a temper. He does well in first grade. I guess I am just wondering how best to handle discipline. I am not the type of mother that yells at her children, I am strict when it comes to following rules, but I am also understanding when it comes to making mistakes. I usually do time-outs (5 minutes at the most) and following time outs, I let my child know I love them, what they did was wrong and then try to work out a plan for a different solution the next time. How do I do this when it comes to a very sensitive and so abused child? Like to where I don't come off as being a "bad guy", if that makes sense? How can I help him to see that not all people are bad? And is it okay to share with him my story or is he too young?