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family and friends network
This is a really interesting discussion. Nelson, I agree it would be better to connect with a birthmother through friends and family than through a classified ad. However, my husband and I have been networking with friends and family for a year and have gotten ZERO leads from this. Meanwhile, we've been running classified ads in Pennysavers for 6 months and have gotten several leads (although none have worked out so far). We send friends and family letters about about our adoption plans along with our flyer with our baby phone number. But friends and family often tell us they don't know any potential birthmothers and doubt they ever would come into contact with such a person. We then have to educate them (tell your friends who are teachers, students, doctors, nurses, anyone you know, etc., etc.) With some friends/family I wonder if they've told anyone at all. And when we tell some friends/family about our plans, they want to know why we aren't doing international adoption. I think that because domestic adoption isn't as visible as international adoption, people think it doesn't exist.
So does anyone have any advice about talking to family and friends about adoption networking?
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