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Question about Day Care practices

Hello! I’m hoping for some advice and thoughts from other Open Adoptive families out there! My husband and I are currently waiting for a match, and are trying to get…
- Posted by SeekingPlanA to Open Adoption Families on Sep 22, 2016 at 8:14pm | 19 Comments | Post a reply
Thirty Things

30 things adopted kids wish they knew about their birth parent, but are afraid to ask Through working as a court-appointed agent with adoptees in search, I have learned that…
- Posted by pipercub9 to Open Adoption Families on Aug 20, 2016 at 7:13pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
advice on handling birth family

Hi, We recently gained custody of two girls (who we knew before they moved in with us) ages 9 & 11 years old. Their Grandma had custody of them previously…
- Posted by WonderWomanMom to Open Adoption Families on Aug 14, 2016 at 6:41pm | 4 Comments | Post a reply
problem with aunt

a few months ago i initiated contact with my daughter’s aunt, who raised her for about the first year and a half of her life. it seems to me that…
- Posted by rn4kidz to Open Adoption Families on Jul 30, 2016 at 1:06am | 4 Comments | Post a reply
Did I really do something so wrong ?

Very long, complicated circumstances but I will try to be as brief as possible. Okay. In a nutshell, my daughter and her husband went through family court and for two…
- Posted by desertrose to Open Adoption Families on Jul 24, 2016 at 1:31am | 21 Comments | Post a reply
Worries about baby's birth mother - Advice?

My wife and I have a 4.5-month-old daughter we are in the process of adopting, she has been placed with us since birth; I was with birth mother for the…
- Posted by 3ofus2016 to Open Adoption Families on Jun 26, 2016 at 2:49pm | 5 Comments | Post a reply
Birth mother dilemma

(Long post - sorry!) I’m worried about our DD’s birth mom. We have a great open adoption with our daughter’s birth family, and with another family who’s raising DD’s birth…
- Posted by JNC to Open Adoption Families on Jun 22, 2016 at 8:10pm | 13 Comments | Post a reply
How much interaction with birth relatives is normal?

We just adopted a 3 year old boy who had been living with his great-aunt and uncle for about six months before he was placed with us last year. Previously…
- Posted by Rfolk to Open Adoption Families on Jun 15, 2016 at 6:30pm | 6 Comments | Post a reply