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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post-adoption Archive
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Community Wisdom
Should I be more proactive about building birthfather contact?
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Community Wisdom
Is there such a thing as too much contact?
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Community Wisdom
How can I prepare for a long visit?
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Community Wisdom
First mom can't meet. Should I worry?
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Community Wisdom
How to tell her not to call herself "mommy?"
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Community Wisdom
What do I do when his birth mom is inappropriate?
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Community Wisdom
How do I deal with how much this hurts?
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Community Wisdom
Do we have to send letters to grandparents?
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Community Wisdom
How can I get the adoptive parents to stretch their boundaries?
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Community Wisdom
How to handle too many gifts from first family?
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Community Wisdom
What do you do when she just won’t respond? I just don’t know when to give up.
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Community Wisdom
How do we explain why one child has an open adoption and the other does not?
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Community Wisdom
What do I call my child's older birth siblings?
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How do I explain without bad-mouthing?
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Community Wisdom
What name does the first family use with the adopted child?
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Community Wisdom
Fear of stalking?
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