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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advice Archive
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Community Wisdom
How do I create a relationship with my grandson’s adoptive parents?
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How do I do an independent adoption?
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Is it ok to take a step back for awhile and try to define my life without my birthson in it?
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Our daughter’s birth parents recently separated and visits are now awkward. Any advice?
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My child’s mother just posted a suicide note on Facebook, what do I do?
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Community Wisdom
What do you do when you just don’t like your child’s biological family?
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Should we push our son’s bmom to visit?
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Our first visit! Any advice?
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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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What about gifts from the adoptive family?
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Any advice for a birthmom trying to prepare for the first visit?
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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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Will I get a call from a lawyer?
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First Mom and child's birthday
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We are feeling hurt and lied to by our daughter's birth family. What do we do?
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Advice to an expectant mom considering placement?
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