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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adopted Archive
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Community Wisdom
How do I find siblings that were adopted?
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Is it appropriate to try to get more info from our daughter’s birthmom about birthdad?
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How does someone tell an adopted child that their birth name was different?
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Do we send photos although she hasn’t requested them or not?
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Do I need to make gifts even?
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Any advice from Adopted parents on how I might forge relationship with my birthson’s adopted mother?
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How much contact is best for a child adopted at ten?
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How do I handle the confusion of an interfamily adoption?
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How do I tell my son about his complicated family story?
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Is having the extended first family at visits the norm?
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Will I always feel the need to measure up to a higher standard because my child is adopted?
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Community Wisdom
Writing a letter for the first time?
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