Thank you for your wisdom of the 6 month reunification. I was heartened to have read it. It's very rare that I see support for foster and adoptive parents - support seems to run rampid for the bio parents and not the children or the people that pick up the pieces and mend broken hearts. My husband and I were foster parents to two beautiful little girls before we adopted them. Although the mother continued visiting with them on a weekly basis before adoption, the older child (2 yrs. old) would return and her reactions were just awful! It would take her nearly three days before she would return to herself! It was heartbreaking, to say the least. We do maintain contact with the biological mother and the girls do visit with her once or twice a year and all seems well. Although our older daughter still reacts negatively, my husband and I feel strongly that the girls need to have that contact. Thank you again for your comments! I think you're an admirable person doing such wonderful work!!