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  • Community Wisdom

    Is it appropriate if my daughter’s first mother refers to her as HER daughter?

    32 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Birth mom is not respecting our boundaries. Help!

    7 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Do I just stay quiet and live with the hurt? Where do I go from here?

    4 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Do I do enough to maintain contact with my son’s adoptive parents?

    4 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    I am worried my sons aparents are not honoring our openness contract — what do I do?

    4 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    How can we see more of our son’s birthmom without her parents?

    5 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Qualms with different types of openness?

    9 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Can anyone of you tell me if the idea of involvement with extended first families made YOU 'uncomfortable'?

    28 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    How can I firmly close an open adoption?

    15 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    How do I tell my 5 year old daughter she has a half-sibling?

    3 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    "Thank you for raising my son"?

    9 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    How much should I share with my child's birth mom?

    4 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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