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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Community Wisdom
My nerves are shot dealing with our daughter’s birth family. Help!
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How do we approach grandmother about her canceling visits?
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I lost my first grandchild to adoption and I can’t seem to let go. Any advice?
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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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Do I just stay quiet and live with the hurt? Where do I go from here?
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How do I avoid getting in the middle of birth family conflict?
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How do I handle Facebook relationships with her birth family for our 14-year old daughter?
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Birth mom doesn't want us to have contact with birth dad. Now what?
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How to I pull back from relationship with grandmother without hurting birth mom?
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Do we invite mom to be part of the relationship, too?
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How do we say no to extended family involvement?
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At what age should I tell my adopted child that I am really her grandmother?
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How will we get through this adoption?
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Do first grandparents have rights?
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How do I tell my daughter that our family friends are her birth family?
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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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