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  • Community Wisdom

    Should we have our child’s birth mom come to visit at our house?

    11 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    A question for birth mothers, would you be offended if your non-birth parent significant other wasn’t allowed to be part of the open adoption?

    22 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    How do I challenge this openness?

    7 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Do we send photos although she hasn’t requested them or not?

    11 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Explaining differences in openness to my daughters?

    2 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    They closed the adoption but I’m reaching out. What do I say? How do I cope?

    9 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Can somebody tell me where I can find the studies that say open adoption is best for the child?

    5 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    How do I stay positive when my son’s parents are shutting down contact?

    10 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Do I need to make gifts even?

    4 Comments
  • Research

    Adoptive Parents: Your help needed

    No Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Qualms with different types of openness?

    9 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Does being a generally 'anti-social' or reclusive kind of first mom make adoptive parents uncomfortable?

    9 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Do I show interest or give them some space?

    12 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Does anti-openness peer pressure have an impact on how open an adoptive parent is willing to be?

    12 Comments
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    • 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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