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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gifts Archive
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Community Wisdom
Do I dare ask my daughter’s mom to reconsider our level of openness and risk not ever hearing from her again?
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Community Wisdom
Any ideas about gifts for Mother’s Day for my daughter’s first/birth mom?
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Community Wisdom
The relationship with our son’s birthfather’s family is one-sided. Is there anything we can do?
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Community Wisdom
Any tips for a birthmom coming up on her placed son’s first birthday?
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Community Wisdom
Birth mom is not respecting our boundaries. Help!
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Community Wisdom
Do I need to make gifts even?
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Community Wisdom
His birthday is tomorrow. What should I get his birthmom?
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Community Wisdom
What about gifts from the adoptive family?
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