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…
Hello,
My name is Anne-Marie Fleckenstein, MA, LPC and I am a doctoral candidate at Fielding Graduate University. I am conducting a dissertation…
We have an 18 month old son through a closed adoption. The social worker for our birth family is still in touch with them and they have indicated that they…
Posting with permission…
Hello,
My name is Anne-Marie Fleckenstein, MA, LPC and I am a doctoral candidate at Fielding Graduate University. I am…
With permission I am posting the following:
Hello,
My name is Anne-Marie Fleckenstein, MA, LPC and I am a doctoral candidate at Fielding…
Hello, our 8- year-old daughter’s adoption is closed and we just did DNA kits. She knows that we will eventually look for birth family with this information but for now…
We have been pursuing an open infant adoption, and have had two failed matches with women who had wanted open adoptions. We are now matched for a third time, but…
We finalized the adoption of our son a month ago, to our joy! He is our first and only child. Thus far, our relationship with our BM (birth mom) has…
Does anyone know if children were born in one state and relocated days later several states away during the 1960’s? Birth certificate states a Catholic hospital and Catholic Charities in…
Heard this story about family recent and would like aparents and adoptees to weigh in:
BSE adoption. Relative was adopted, which was never discussed and is well into adulthood now.
Topic: Perceptions of Competence and Satisfaction in Parenting
Eligibility:
1) Married mom who adopted her first child that is now between 5 and 18 years.
Thank you to everyone who has responded to my request for participants to take part in my dissertation research. Although all adoptive parents are welcome to participate I particularly need…
I have about 8 weeks left until I am due, it’s becoming more and more emotional as I am working with an adoption agency and I want a closed adoption.…
I was born January 22, 1969 at St Mary’s home for unwed mothers in Syracuse, NY and was put up for adoption through Catholic Charities. It was a closed option…
Married moms…. please consider participation in a dissertation research study that will examine perceptions of parental competence and satisfaction of adopted, first children.
To participate or find out…
Married moms…. please consider participation in a dissertation research study that will examine perceptions of parental competence and satisfaction for mothers of adopted or non-adopted children.
To participate…
We have waited SO long and we were just matched! Our brave expectant mom just wants her baby “out” from what our social worker has told us. She never wants…
Focusing on families that domestically adopted their children as infants or from foster care. It’s sometimes hard for adoptive parents to talk about birth siblings with their kids. Hard for…
*Please do not give me a lecture on open vs closed adoptions. Just looking for recommendations, not opinions. Thanks*
Does anyone know of adoption agencies who are helpful with adoptive…
A relative sent my husband and immediate family a text about how she was thinking of our son’s birthmother and her decision to have him and place him for adoption.…
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We just finalized our adoption and I need to get my child’s social security card. Have any of you had your child’s number changed (not just the name…
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