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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communication Archive
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Community Wisdom
Is it appropriate if my daughter’s first mother refers to her as HER daughter?
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Birth mom is not respecting our boundaries. Help!
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Do I just stay quiet and live with the hurt? Where do I go from here?
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Do I do enough to maintain contact with my son’s adoptive parents?
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I am worried my sons aparents are not honoring our openness contract — what do I do?
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Community Wisdom
How can we see more of our son’s birthmom without her parents?
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Qualms with different types of openness?
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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
How do I tell my 5 year old daughter she has a half-sibling?
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"Thank you for raising my son"?
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How much should I share with my child's birth mom?
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