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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first mom Archive
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Community Wisdom
Explaining differences in openness to my daughters?
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Just found out my son’s first mom is pregnant. Should I let her know I know?
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Qualms with different types of openness?
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How do I handle the confusion of an interfamily adoption?
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Should a first mom be more like a non-custodial parent?
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My son says, "I don't like her"
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What to do about disrespectful bmom?
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