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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grandparents Archive
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Community Wisdom
I need help coping with grandson being adopted!
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How far do you go for contact with a birth family and what is acceptable for visits?
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Is there any chance of changing this to open or would we lose if we try to fight it?
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How can a Inter-family adoption work to where everyone is happy with the outcome?
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The birthgrandparents won’t call our child by her new name. Any suggestions?
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The relationship with our son’s birthfather’s family is one-sided. Is there anything we can do?
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Our child’s bio sibling had a baby. How do we figure this out?
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Community Wisdom
How and when do I tell my child that she has a younger brother that was given up by her parents for an open adoption?
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I don’t feel ready for contact with the extended family. How do I handle this?
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Do I just stay quiet and live with the hurt? Where do I go from here?
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