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  • Community Wisdom

    Have I set my daughter up for disappointment?

    9 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    They haven't even told my daughter she's adopted. Now what?

    7 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    How do I go about opening a closed adoption?

    6 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    When the adoption isn’t a secret, how do you tell people you don’t want to share?

    5 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    First Grandparent is hostile, what to do?

    4 Comments
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    • 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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