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.
Recent Comments
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Community Wisdom
Advice to an expectant mom considering placement?
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At what age should I tell my adopted child that I am really her grandmother?
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What do the children refer to each other as?
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Any advice on my daughter (15) meeting her birthmom for the first time?
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How do I tell my daughter that our family friends are her birth family?
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How can I find more positive support from other first parents?
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How do I heal a misunderstanding? Or should I let things go?
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How do I decline a first parent's requests?
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How do I go about adopting a friend's baby?
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How do I know if my child's first mom is content with our open adoption?
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When does contacting first parents become hounding?
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We are having difficulties establishing boundaries with my daughter's fraternal birth grandparents.
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I have a five year old daughter that has not seen her biological father since she was a year old. Now he wants to see her.
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I love my sister (my daughter's bio mom) but I don't want her in my daughter's life. How do I explain the relationship?
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