Openness – Adoptive Families https://www.adoptivefamilies.com The resource and community for adoption parenting. Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:40:03 +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: Letting a Preteen Take the Lead in a Birth Parent Relationship https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/openness/preteen-independent-relationship-with-birth-mother/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:44:09 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40920 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 “Sliding Doors” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/openness/adoption-search-reunion/sliding-doors-adoptee-birth-parent-fantasies-imagining-alternate-lives/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:20:42 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=40195 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 Parents Share: Birth Sibling Connections https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/openness/connections-with-birth-siblings-in-other-adoptive-families/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:30:07 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39709 Ask AF: Worried My Daughter Will Think Her Birth Mom Is More “Fun” https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/talking-about-adoption/found-birth-mother-facebook-will-daughter-see-her-as-more-fun/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:36:14 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39592 [EXCERPT] Those Three Words https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/openness/those-three-words-excerpt-birth-mothers-story-second-pregnancy-becoming-mother/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:34:02 +0000 https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/?p=39635