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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I am looking for advice on how to accomplish maintaining meaningful contact with our son’s addicted birth parents.
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My nerves are shot dealing with our daughter’s birth family. Help!
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Recent Posts
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Why we will not link to your adoption business
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 1 CommentRecently I’ve had a flurry of requests from businesses with a primary goal of facilitating adoption who are hoping to add their link to our site. I am posting this... -
Closed-era adoptee asks open adoption questions
Posted on July 19, 2011 | 2 CommentsThis is in answer to the questions posed at WriteMindOpenHeart. You can see Lori’s answers there and get links to other answers around the blogosphere. 1. Can the adoptive parents... -
2011 Symposium Opening Adoption: Realities Possibilities & Challenges
Posted on June 17, 2011 | No CommentsOn September 23 & 24, 2011 Coordinators2inc will bring together adoption professionals, academics, students and those personally affected by adoption will meet at the University of Richmond School of Law,... -
Call for Proposals: International Conference on Adoption & Culture
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsThe 4th International Conference on Adoption and Culture Mapping Adoption: Histories, Geographies, Literatures, Politics March 22 – 25, 2012 The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California Call for Proposals For our 2012...