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11/16/07
Seeking Adoption Knowledge Online
Categories: Finding Support, Online Support
My number one tip? Be prepared to find out you’re wrong, about everything, according to someone you will meet anyway. At the very least you may find that you do not know as much as you might have thought. Tip number two, develop your thick skin right now, because the online world of adoption is not a warm and fuzzy place.
When we first became a family by way of adoption, I was somewhat content to just live in my own little world, and deal with the issues unique to our own family and the birthfamilies of our children. For a long time I did not feel the need to look online... more
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