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
Would it be fair for me to ask for our child’s birthmother to work on her relationship with the birthfather?
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Found our child’s mom on Facebook — do I contact her?
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Can anyone of you tell me if the idea of involvement with extended first families made YOU 'uncomfortable'?
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Is having the extended first family at visits the norm?
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How do I deal with overbearing grandparents?
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Community Wisdom
My son says, "I don't like her"
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A public event for a first meeting with our son's first mom?
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