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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grandparents Archive
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Community Wisdom
How do we say no to extended family involvement?
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Why would the bio grandparents not want to see their grandson?
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Grieving as a grandmother, where can I find help?
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First Grandparent is hostile, what to do?
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Do first grandparents have rights?
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Grandparent rights after adoption?
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Community Wisdom
How can I get the grandparents to respect our family boundaries?
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Community Wisdom
When does contacting first parents become hounding?
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We are having difficulties establishing boundaries with my daughter's fraternal birth grandparents.
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Community Wisdom
What do I do when my values about safety are different than my child's first 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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