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
My nerves are shot dealing with our daughter’s birth family. Help!
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I care about the children that my placed son first father has had with his wife. Is this unhealthy and weird?
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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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How do we approach grandmother about her canceling visits?
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Should we have our child’s birth mom come to visit at our house?
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I lost my first grandchild to adoption and I can’t seem to let go. Any advice?
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Is it ok to take a step back for awhile and try to define my life without my birthson in it?
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Any tips for a birthmom coming up on her placed son’s first birthday?
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Birth mom is not respecting our boundaries. Help!
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I don’t feel ready for contact with the extended family. How do I handle this?
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Would you recommend keeping this adoption open?
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Explaining differences in openness to my daughters?
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How do I handle a visit with Grandma and my child’s birth sibling she’s caring for?
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Should we push our son’s bmom to visit?
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Can too many pictures be overwhelming for first parents who seems to be pulling back?
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How do I talk to my son about differences in contact with different birth family members?
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