Open Adoption Bloggers

Just Add Baby…Someday: Nesting During the Wait

“Something about the preparation process, the getting-everything-ready-for-baby projects – nesting, seems to be the most used way of putting it – is like aloe on sunburned skin. It makes the wait – the weight of the wait, if you will, easier to bear, somehow.” Continue reading →

Sharing: How Much is Too Much?

Saying, “That’s our family’s story,” to curious people is not lying. It’s protecting. Continue reading →

“Kirstie”: A Shallow Take on Adoption

A show about reunion tries to find humor on the back of ridiculous stereotypes Continue reading →

Deserving

Should post-adoption contact be a “reward” for good behavior on a biological parent’s part in adoption from foster care? Continue reading →

It Can Be Later

“Mommy” my oldest says to me one evening after we finished her bedtime story. “Mommy, I want to see Mommy Z. When can she come here to our house?” Continue reading →

Open Adoption: In Good Times and Bad

An argument for sharing the hard stuff Continue reading →

Barriers to Communication In Open Adoption

Communication barriers: you’ve got to go over, under, or through Continue reading →

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Welcome to Open Adoption Bloggers! We are a group of writers from all sides of open adoption, encompassing hundreds of blogs by adult adoptees, first parents, adoptive parents, adoption professionals, and extended family members. What began as a small blogroll has grown into an online hub for discussion and connections between people who are living out openness in adoption.

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