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04/16/08
Family’s Reaction to Adoptive Family Involvement in Wedding
Posted by : Coley S. in Open Adoption Blog at 06:43 am , 357 words, 147 views
Categories: Myths/Misunderstandings, Sharing Special Occasions
I still have weddings on the brain! In the last two posts, I have written about my son’s adoptive family being involved in our wedding and both his adoptive mom and sister were in our wedding party. As I stated in one of those posts, asking my son’s adoptive family to participate in our wedding and to be there, felt only natural to me however, I did worry about how other people would react.
At that point in time, Charlie was about one and a half years old. My parents... more
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09/03/07
The Inconvenient Truth About Open Adoption
Posted by : Deb Donatti in Open Adoption Blog at 06:45 pm , 629 words, 117 views
Categories: Myths/Misunderstandings
A huge part of the reason that I began looking online for open adoption related information and support, was that no one in my everyday life seemed to be involved in an open adoption, or appeared to understand the idea. Beyond those I knew who simply did not understand openness, most of the adoptive parents I continue to meet have no clue about openness, and do not appear really interested.
Of course I tried to talk to other adoptive parents I met about open adoption as a positive, but... more
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07/21/07
You Adoptive Parents Are All Alike
Posted by : Deb Donatti in Open Adoption Blog at 11:25 pm , 523 words, 106 views
Categories: Myths/Misunderstandings, Open About Adoption, Parenting/Birthparenting
Sometimes the mentality out there...