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reunion Archive

  • Community Wisdom

    A difficult childhood, do I tell my birth mom now that we’re in reunion?

    4 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Birth mom withholding info about my birth dad. Now what?

    3 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    My sister is searching for her birth parents — will I lose her?

    3 Comments
  • Open Adoption News

    Off and Running Documentary

    1 Comment
  • Community Wisdom

    How to approach our son’s first mother on beginning an open adoption?

    2 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    Will I get my real family in trouble now that I've found them?

    3 Comments
  • Community Wisdom

    What will my first mom expect from me post-reunion?

    3 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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