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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birthfather Archive
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Community Wisdom
Would it be fair for me to ask for our child’s birthmother to work on her relationship with the birthfather?
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Community Wisdom
We are feeling bullied by our daughter’s paternal birth family. What do we do?
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Community Wisdom
Is it appropriate to try to get more info from our daughter’s birthmom about birthdad?
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Community Wisdom
Should I tell my child’s paternal grandparents about the adoption?
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Community Wisdom
Any advice from Adopted parents on how I might forge relationship with my birthson’s adopted mother?
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Community Wisdom
Should I be more proactive about building birthfather contact?
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Community Wisdom
We are feeling hurt and lied to by our daughter's birth family. What do we do?
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Community Wisdom
How do I heal a misunderstanding? Or should I let things go?
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