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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Recent Posts
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Community Wisdom
How do I introduce my child's parents?
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Community Wisdom
Is it ok to ask for visits?
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Community Wisdom
I get anxious when the first families contact us. Is this normal?
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Community Wisdom
How can I get the grandparents to respect our family boundaries?
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Community Wisdom
How do I start a search?
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Community Wisdom
When does contacting first parents become hounding?
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Community Wisdom
Is it impossible to set out to create an open international adoption?
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Community Wisdom
Any adoption related kids books written from the natural mothers perspective?
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Community Wisdom
How do I stop my son's adoption??
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Community Wisdom
We are having difficulties establishing boundaries with my daughter's fraternal birth grandparents.
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Community Wisdom
Can I give my baby to my friends?
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Community Wisdom
What do I do when my values about safety are different than my child's first family?
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Open Adoption News
Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform
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Community Wisdom
My son would like to get to know me. However, the custodial parents are against the idea. What should I do?
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Community Wisdom
How do we write a pro-openness adoption profile?
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Community Wisdom
I have a five year old daughter that has not seen her biological father since she was a year old. Now he wants to see her.
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Community Wisdom
I love my sister (my daughter's bio mom) but I don't want her in my daughter's life. How do I explain the relationship?
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