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.
Recent Comments
adoptive parents Archive
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Community Wisdom
How do other birth moms pull it together and overcome the ache? How do I know if I'm helping myself or making it worse? How do I get past "wanting him back"?
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Community Wisdom
Can anyone of you tell me if the idea of involvement with extended first families made YOU 'uncomfortable'?
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Community Wisdom
Do you speak up when you disagree with other adoptive parents?
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Community Wisdom
How do you handle relationships with bio siblings?
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Community Wisdom
Do I show interest or give them some space?
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Community Wisdom
What gifts can a birth/first mom give her birthchilds adoptive parents?
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Community Wisdom
Adoptive parents, would you want the first/birth mom of the child you adopted to tell her friends?
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Community Wisdom
Should adoptive parents be given more info before the adoption?
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Community Wisdom
How will we get through this adoption?
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Community Wisdom
What can I do to keep my relationship close with my son even though I live so far from him?
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Open Adoption News
Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform
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Community Wisdom
How do we write a pro-openness adoption profile?
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