Connections to the Past – Adoptive Families https://www.adoptivefamilies.com The resource and community for adoption parenting. Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:08:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 The Grammar of Untold Stories: An Interview with Lois Melina https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/transracial-adoption/grammar-of-untold-stories-interview-with-lois-melina-adopted-child/ Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:05:35 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=41286 Thank You, Bàba https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoption-bonding-home/thank-you-baba-gratitude-toward-loving-foster-father/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:00:09 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=41145 Ask AF: Should We Tell Our Child She Has a Birth Sibling if They Can’t Be in Touch? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/should-we-tell-child-she-has-birth-sibling-if-closed-adoption/ https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/should-we-tell-child-she-has-birth-sibling-if-closed-adoption/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:44:57 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40348 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/should-we-tell-child-she-has-birth-sibling-if-closed-adoption/feed/ 3 “A New Path in Our Adoption Journey” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/openness/new-path-adoption-journey-reconnecting-with-childrens-birth-mother-after-addiction/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:25:43 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40200 Ask AF: Should I Try to Contact My Children’s Birth Siblings? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/openness/should-i-contact-childrens-birth-siblings-different-adoptive-family/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:44:31 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40068 “‘Trashy’ Parents?” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/how-one-adoptive-mother-responded-when-someone-called-her-childs-birth-parents-trashy/ https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/how-one-adoptive-mother-responded-when-someone-called-her-childs-birth-parents-trashy/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:13:02 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39009 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/how-one-adoptive-mother-responded-when-someone-called-her-childs-birth-parents-trashy/feed/ 5 Ask AF: How to Ask My Children About Trauma in Their Past? https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/how-to-ask-children-adopted-from-foster-care-about-trauma-in-past-abuse/ https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/how-to-ask-children-adopted-from-foster-care-about-trauma-in-past-abuse/#comments Thu, 24 May 2018 16:31:28 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=38830 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/how-to-ask-children-adopted-from-foster-care-about-trauma-in-past-abuse/feed/ 1 “Visiting Our Daughter’s Russian Orphanage” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/openness/russian-orphanage/ Sat, 03 Mar 2018 14:30:00 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/uncategorized/to-russia-with-love/ The Four Agreements in Open Adoption https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/openness/the-four-agreements-open-adoption/ Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:30:03 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=5488 The Four Agreements. ]]> “A Delicate Balance” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/openness/adoption-reunions/ Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:30:07 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=5255