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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letters Archive
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Community Wisdom
My son’s parents stopped sending letters. How do I find them and reopen the adoption?
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How does someone tell an adopted child that their birth name was different?
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Explaining differences in openness to my daughters?
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Can too many pictures be overwhelming for first parents who seems to be pulling back?
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Our first visit! Any advice?
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Found our child’s mom on Facebook — do I contact her?
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"Thank you for raising my son"?
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What prevents adoptive parents from giving updates?
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What do first parents want to hear?
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Should we agree to more than we're comfortable with?
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Any advice on my daughter (15) meeting her birthmom for the first time?
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How do I tell my daughter that our family friends are her birth family?
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Do I share enough? Too much?
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I found my child's first mom online; should I contact her?
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How do I start a search?
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How do we write a pro-openness adoption profile?
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