Our Beliefs
- We honor the connection adoptees have to both of their families.
- We recognize the love and joy as well as the losses and grief of adoption.
- We do not diminish one family in favor of another.
- We are flexible, understanding that needs and circumstances change.
- We set boundaries on the basis of what is best for our children.
- We understand that open adoption looks like different things for different families.
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How do I handle sporadic contact from my daughter’s birth parents?
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How to handle birthfather ignoring our boundaries?
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How do we set boundaries without harming our good relationship?
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Talking about bio siblings?
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How can I show my daughter that I won’t disappear again?
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Recent Posts
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Openness and social media survey
Posted on December 11, 2012 | 3 CommentsI am posting this on behalf of my friend Katja. Please share widely!!! I’m a birth mom 11 years into an open adoption as well as a masters level social... -
Adoptive Mom working on Open Adoption documentary seeks participants
Posted on August 17, 2012 | No CommentsFrom my inbox: I’m Barbara and I write a blog called Improv Mom for adoptivefamiliescircle.com. I’m currently embarking on a project that’s close to my heart — a documentary about... -
Looking for adult adoptees in open adoptions to survey
Posted on May 5, 2012 | No CommentsI recent received the following email from Katie Prigel Sharp of Hearts of the Matter Seminars, an organization in Missouri that provides pre-adoption trainings for prospective adoptive parents. I’m passing...