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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Community Wisdom Archive
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Community Wisdom
The relationship with our son’s birthfather’s family is one-sided. Is there anything we can do?
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My 16 year old daughter is struggling in her open adotion. Help!
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My child’s birth parents send unequal amount of presents. How do I handle it?
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My friend’s open adoption closed. Is there anything she can do?
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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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How do I bring up adoption as an option for someone experiencing a crisis pregnancy?
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How do I respectfully open a discussion about handling posting of pictures?
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Is it appropriate if my daughter’s first mother refers to her as HER daughter?
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I care about the children that my placed son first father has had with his wife. Is this unhealthy and weird?
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Would it be fair for me to ask for our child’s birthmother to work on her relationship with the birthfather?
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How do I start a search for a lost grandchild?
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Our child’s bio sibling had a baby. How do we figure this out?
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How do I create a relationship with my grandson’s adoptive parents?
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How and when do I tell my child that she has a younger brother that was given up by her parents for an open adoption?
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My son’s birth mom doesn’t always keep promises. How do I help him cope?
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