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BOARD: Topics of Interest for Adoptive Families » Other Topics for Adoptive Parents

TOPIC: live-in option with adoptive parents

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Marlee	Posted: Jan 18, 2005 09:12:37 PM For sure! One of my good friends ended up adopting her foster daughter's little boy. She lived with them the entire time. Others I have heard of too. I think it's great- what better way to start off an open adoption?
Brenda	Posted: Dec 08, 2004 02:02:37 PM Are adoptive parents ever open to the birth mother living with them during the pregnancy? We're interested in having the baby know the adoptive parents voices before birth.

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Do We Need to Look Like Movie Stars?

The adoption process is a very personal one for waiting families. First, they must provide financial, medical and other personal information during the home study process, then they share a snapshot of their personal lives in their family profile. It is perfectly normal for waiting families to experience anxiety about having their lives be such an “open book.”

Once a family is active with an agency and their family profile is being shown to expectant mothers, it is also common to experience some anxiety about what impression those birth parents are getting of the family. Many waiting families worry that perhaps they aren’t attractive enough – that they must look like Tom Cruise or Nicole Kidman to adopt a child. However, this is untrue.

Birth parents choose adoptive families for many reasons. To some birth parents, it is important that their child grow up in a specific region or state because they envision their child spending their days at the beach, or running through a field in the Midwest. Other birth parents want their child to be brought up in a specific religion and will therefore only consider families that are of that religion, while others want their child to grow up in a household with other children. Just as each adoption story is unique, so are the wants and desires of the birth parents.

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BOARD: Topics of Interest for Adoptive Families » Other Topics for Adoptive ParentsTOPIC: live-in option with adoptive parents

Do We Need to Look Like Movie Stars?

BOARD: Topics of Interest for Adoptive Families » Other Topics for Adoptive Parents

TOPIC: live-in option with adoptive parents