Topic: Adoption Reunion
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What is the definition of "reunion" in adoption?
I found my mom on a Tuesday, met her on the same Friday and moved in with her the next Monday. Lived with her, as her daughter, for three years and continue to talk with her often. That's my reunion. It generally means when you find and con... Read More »
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Positive adoption language - why not "reunion"?
You're absolutely right. It takes the emotion out - and hinders reform. Adoption agencies want adoptive parents to pretend that once children are relinquished and adopted - that the link between bio family and adoptee are completely severed... Read More »
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Why are adoption reunions so emotional ?
For me, I was emotional at finally getting to see my living, breathing grown child with my own eyes. The child that I worried about everyday. The child I missed with all of my heart. For my grown child, it was some of the same with the adde... Read More »
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weird. i was super nervous. when i met her, it was kind of anti-climactic. she wasnt who i thought she'd be. in some ways this was good, in some bad, but i figured out she was a human being who had made human mistakes. 20 minutes into our m...
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As someone who was adopted, I believe adopted children, like myself, should have the right to search for and find our birth parents when we reach adulthood. I think it gets a little more iffy when it is the birth parents doing the searching...
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Thanks for asking this, I was just wondering about the mysterious, across the board thumbs down. I think reunion brings up a lot of fear and insecurity (for some, not all) adoptive families. There is the element of the unknown and speculati...
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I just want to stand up and applaud you for supporting you son. Wow. this is a new question on this board. I wish that my adoptive parents had your attitude. Reunion is such an emotional roller coaster. I can't even begin to explain what it...
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YES - seriously - listen to Joy!! The forum she links to has also a 'chat' section. Try also to find some local support groups - talking to other adoptees and first mums is really really helpful. Reading is really good. Check out books at y...
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I am going to be very honest while answering this question even though it really makes me feel vulnerable. -I worry that my kids' mom will not have gotten clean of drugs. I grew up with addicts in my life and I know the pain that can cause....
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I totally understand your reunion troubles...I have been in your shoes. Though I was the one that searched & found and at the time my daughter (adult child) was 34 yrs old at the time, married with children. I travelled a distance ALONE to ...
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