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  • Community Wisdom

    I care about the children that my placed son first father has had with his wife. Is this unhealthy and weird?

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    Do I say I know she is lying? Or do I decline to send her money and leave it at that?

    7 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Would you recommend keeping this adoption open?

    5 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Favorite children’s books about adoption?

    6 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Do I need to make gifts even?

    4 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    How do I choose between two children?

    11 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    How do I tell my son about his complicated family story?

    15 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    When explaining your child's adoption, has anyone said that it was 'meant to be'?

    33 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Birth mom doesn't want us to have contact with birth dad. Now what?

    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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