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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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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Our first visit! Any advice?
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Any advice for a birthmom trying to prepare for the first visit?
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Qualms with different types of openness?
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Can anyone of you tell me if the idea of involvement with extended first families made YOU 'uncomfortable'?
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How do I choose between two children?
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How much should I continue to push for contact w/ bmom?
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Is having the extended first family at visits the norm?
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Should a first mom be more like a non-custodial parent?
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