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Help reduce adoption disruption and/or dissolution!

Hello, My name is Anne-Marie Fleckenstein, MA, LPC and I am a doctoral candidate at Fielding Graduate University. I am conducting a dissertation study investigating what…
- Posted by Anne-Marie to Open Adoption Families on Feb 17, 2019 at 5:02pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Help improve adoptive parent support services!

Posting with permission… Hello, My name is Anne-Marie Fleckenstein, MA, LPC and I am a doctoral candidate at Fielding Graduate University. I am conducting a dissertation…
- Posted by Anne-Marie to Open Adoption Families on Feb 04, 2019 at 5:00am | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Dissertation Survey

With permission I am posting the following: Hello, My name is Anne-Marie Fleckenstein, MA, LPC and I am a doctoral candidate at Fielding Graduate University. I…
- Posted by Anne-Marie to Open Adoption Families on Jan 17, 2019 at 2:35am | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Birth Family Visits

We have an open adoption with our children’s birth family and currently visit them twice a year. Their birth father has a PACCA with very specific language and we have…
- Posted by Two Cats and a Cradle to Open Adoption Families on Jan 08, 2019 at 2:44pm | 6 Comments | Post a reply
indiscriminate affection "baby sitters dream but parents nightmare"

Hi all, I’m new here. I have 2 beautiful daughters and am really needing some support and understanding from parents who relate. We all came together some time ago now…
- Posted by mammamermaid to Open Adoption Families on Nov 09, 2018 at 12:07pm | 8 Comments | Post a reply
Introducing A New Bio Sibling

Hi, we are soon traveling to visit with our 6 year old son’s birth mom and kids. We have always had a very open adoption and try to see one…
- Posted by Louise15 to Open Adoption Families on Nov 06, 2018 at 4:09pm | 2 Comments | Post a reply
BioSisters removed from Birthparents

Hi y’all, I am looking for some guidance, some advice, some thoughts, your two cents, or some cheering on… Here’s the deal: We adopted our first daughter in 2011- open…
- Posted by alliecat to Open Adoption Families on Oct 30, 2018 at 4:16pm | 7 Comments | Post a reply
Just matched but red flags

We have been with an agency for a year now. We had a disrupted adoption back in February but just got matched again this week. Being more nervous about her…
- Posted by Jackie41076 to Open Adoption Families on Sep 22, 2018 at 9:29pm | 10 Comments | Post a reply