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
First father is dangerous and contacting us, what do I do?
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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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my daughter birthmom is having serious grief issues, but I don't know how much I can help?
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Community Wisdom
What if the birthparents want to be called mom and dad?
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Community Wisdom
Can I decide first family titles as the adoptive parent?
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Should I expect my adopted child to grieve his adoption?
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Community Wisdom
In an interfamily adoption, how do we talk about it all?
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Community Wisdom
How do I deal with too many visits?
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I'm 13 and just found my mom online. Now what do I do?
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Community Wisdom
What will my first mom expect from me post-reunion?
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Should I make my daughter come with me to visit her placed sibling?
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What are the biological mother's obligations to their adult child after being reunited?
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How do I cope with people who want to make my child a poster child for his/her issues?
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First Mom and child's birthday
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My son's first mom wants unsupervised visits but I have huge safety concerns. How do I handle telling her no?
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Community Wisdom
What gifts can a birth/first mom give her birthchilds adoptive parents?
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