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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extended family Archive
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Community Wisdom
I don’t feel ready for contact with the extended family. How do I handle this?
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Community Wisdom
Do I say I know she is lying? Or do I decline to send her money and leave it at that?
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Community Wisdom
How do I talk to my son about differences in contact with different birth family members?
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Community Wisdom
Is our adoption too open?
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Community Wisdom
What do I do if I "bump into" my daughter's extended birth family?
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Community Wisdom
Is having the extended first family at visits the norm?
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