Often when considering open adoption, adoptive families are told that shared parenting is a myth and is not ever a good thing. I believe differently. I DO believe that in most situations where shared parenting would be ideal for the child, the adoption probably shouldn’t have happened to begin with. However how often have we [...]
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for families and individuals who support openness in adoption
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Birth mom doesn’t want us to have contact with birth dad. Now what?
Our children’s birth mother has an extremely acrimonious relationship with our daughter’s birth father’s family. We actually only learned of it a few months ago after the adoption was finalized and are not certain exactly what has happened and why. But we do now know that the birth father’s mother & sister objected to the [...]
How to I pull back from relationship with grandmother without hurting birth mom?
during the open adoption with my son, we have been helping his bmother find a job, get on her feet etc because shes showed that she is in fact trying.He was removed and her rights terminated. We agreed on 3 visits a year, but we do lots more. The problem now is her mom, she [...]
Writing a letter for the first time?
First time here. Looking for suggestions. Any help would be appreciated. We adopted our son 9 yrs ago. At the time our son was born, we offered to have an open adoption and have as much or little contact w/ the birthmom as she wanted. She did not want to meet us. She said she [...]
What is all this pain for?
My daughter will be two next month. Her parents are wonderful. We skype and email often. We’re facebook friends so I can see tons of pictures and get a glimpse of their day to day life. The problem is that I don’t feel that I’m important in the little one’s life. A two year old [...]
Open adoption with baby we didn’t adopt?
I took full care of a friends baby from the time he was born until the day he was adopted. During her pregnancy and after his birth I was to adopt him. However, she changed her mind and found a family out of state. I had to hand over my baby. It is an open [...]
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