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Adoption Groups Offer Valuable Information - If You Can Get Past the Conflicting Agendas

Does joining an adoption forum or online group give you value information or just expose you to people's agendas?
- Posted by Ellenore Angelidis to Melting Pot Family 4 months, 3 weeks ago | 4 Comments | Post a reply
When I Look at My Daughter, I May Always Think About Adoption

Adopting our daughter changed me in so many ways. Not a day goes by that I don't spend some time thinking about it and what it means.
- Posted by Ellenore Angelidis to Melting Pot Family 6 months, 2 weeks ago | 8 Comments | Post a reply
Adoption Versus Kid Thing

When faced with childhood challenges, how do you know whether it's related to adoption or a normal kid phase?
- Posted by Ellenore Angelidis to Melting Pot Family 8 months, 1 week ago | 7 Comments | Post a reply
I Am a Hair Hypocrite

As I encouraged my daughter to love her curly hair, I realized that I have not made peace with my own locks' natural state.
- Posted by Ellenore Angelidis to Melting Pot Family 1 year, 1 month ago | 10 Comments | Post a reply
10 Ways Adopting Made Me a Better Parent

The adoption process forces to you to face some hard truths and do a lot of soul-searching -- leaving you better prepared for parenthood.
- Posted by Ellenore Angelidis to Melting Pot Family 1 year, 5 months ago | 1 Comment | Post a reply
To Rise Above and Just Be

Visiting our daughter's orphanage opened our eyes in many ways.
- Posted by Ellenore Angelidis to Melting Pot Family 1 year, 9 months ago | 2 Comments | Post a reply
What Do Our Children Really Leave Behind in the Orphanage?

In international adoption, people talk about the loss of birth culture. But what kind of culture do children growing up in an orphanage really experience?
- Posted by Ellenore Angelidis to Melting Pot Family 1 year, 11 months ago | 6 Comments | Post a reply

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What's Your Open Adoption Truth?

Barbara, Like Sadie, I feel like an ambassador for open adoption. My husband Jeff was adopted in 1963 and we adopted a domestic newborn in…...
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