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
I am looking for advice on how to accomplish maintaining meaningful contact with our son’s addicted birth parents.
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How do I respectfully open a discussion about handling posting of pictures?
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Is it appropriate if my daughter’s first mother refers to her as HER daughter?
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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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Our child’s bio sibling had a baby. How do we figure this out?
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What kind of gift would be best to give my son’s A-mom for Christmas?
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How do you explain to your child that extended members of their bio family don’t want to know about them?
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How on earth do I ever become his Mom when I cannot get space away from his angry birth family?
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How do I have an honest conversation with my son’s adoptive mom and explain to her that she hurt me?
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A question for birth mothers, would you be offended if your non-birth parent significant other wasn’t allowed to be part of the open adoption?
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My adoptive son’s mom is angry with me because I’m expecting again. Now what?
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How appropriate is it for us to get involved with our child’s mom making another adoption plan?
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How do I maintain a relationship with my child’s siblings when the other parent is abusive?
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We are feeling bullied by our daughter’s paternal birth family. What do we do?
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Should I tell my child’s paternal grandparents about the adoption?
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