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Reintegration into the family of the natural parents

In my experience of adoption , I realized that adoptive parents should encourage their reintegration into the family of the natural parents . Two years ago, my son and I…
- Posted by Tito to Open Adoption Families on Mar 08, 2014 at 5:02pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Bonding with Adopted vs Biological Children

I’m a hopeful adoptive parent (waiting for a match) and I’m wondering about bonding. I saw an interesting piece yesterday in the NY Times about biological vs adopted child bonding…
- Posted by Adopting Charlie to Open Adoption Families on Feb 28, 2014 at 3:19pm | 4 Comments | Post a reply
Looking for article BM wrote about cycle of poverty....

Someone posted a very moving letter or article written by a BM who had several jobs and several children with multiple fathers. The letter described her reasons for feeling depressed…
- Posted by littlem13 to Open Adoption Families on Feb 27, 2014 at 4:01pm | 9 Comments | Post a reply
ATTN adoptees who think they found bio-family and want to reunite!

Were you adopted? Do you think you’ve finally found your biological parents or siblings? Let this new television series help you reunite with your family members! We are currently looking…
- Posted by sblumenthal to Open Adoption Families on Feb 26, 2014 at 9:01pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
An article about open adoption

I wrote this article for AmericaAdopts.com and would love for you all to read it! Also, THANK YOU to AFC editors and readers for voting The Eye of Adoption a…
- Posted by Jody Cantrell Dyer to Open Adoption Families on Feb 19, 2014 at 7:08pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Confused, hurt and a little mad

I’m needing some advice as well as a place to vent, so please bear with me.. We adopted our son at 5 years old. His birth mother willingly seeked out…
- Posted by emilyj526 to Open Adoption Families on Feb 15, 2014 at 10:54pm | 6 Comments | Post a reply
First Birth Family Visit with Toddler

Looking for your advice and experiences of visiting with birth family! Our DD will be 20 months. She is very social, active, busy and travels pretty well. We spent 7…
- Posted by mamina to Open Adoption Families on Feb 14, 2014 at 4:58pm | 6 Comments | Post a reply
I think the A mom is in denial about feelings & threatened

I’m the B mom and my son that I gave up for adoption is now 15. This open adoption has been painful for everyone involved because my son was the…
- Posted by RSierra to Open Adoption Families on Feb 14, 2014 at 6:50am | 17 Comments | Post a reply