Adoptive Family Forums

 

We recommend Adoptive Family Forums to anyone interested in researching adoption and foster programs.  You can find them at www.adoptionfriendly.com

Adoptive Family Forums is a discussion forum for adoptive families and foster families to openly discuss issues, share information, seek support, lend support and obtain education in a warm, welcoming environment that is adoption friendly.

From their missions statement:

We intend to provide a unique forum in which to support adoptive and foster families. Those families include adoptive parents, adoptees, foster parents, fostered children and adults, our friends and family members. We hope to provide a resource in which our family and friends can come to educate themselves on our experiences in addition to learning what hurts us, what we need emotionally and how to talk to us without unintentional offense.While we provide a safe haven in which to discuss our family issues we will highly recommend participation on triad discussion forums as well to learn the effects of adoption across the triad, discuss positions and attitudes about adoption reform and learn in depth about the dark side of adoption.We encourage members to participate in other forums. Education is key to a successful adoption.