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
What should I get my child's first parent for the holidays?
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We are feeling hurt and lied to by our daughter's birth family. What do we do?
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What names does your child use with his/her first family?
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Adoptive parents, would you want the first/birth mom of the child you adopted to tell her friends?
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Should I help my child's first parents financially?
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Can we help more before finalization?
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How close is too close?
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"Her" son? Is that appropriate?
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Should adoptive parents be given more info before the adoption?
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Do adoptive moms ever regret parenting?
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How do others balance all the family at the holidays?
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Openness when adopting older kids from foster care?
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At what age should I tell my adopted child that I am really her grandmother?
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How will we get through this adoption?
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What do the children refer to each other as?
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What can I do to keep my relationship close with my son even though I live so far from him?
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Community Wisdom
Any advice on my daughter (15) meeting her birthmom for the first time?
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