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While National Adoption Awareness month does focus on the foster care adoption aspect of things, there are opportunities to discuss and educate on all aspects of adoption.

It’s not just about finding families for children, but helping our fellow parents from all sides find the support they need. It’s about supporting those adopted through their challenges and learning from their experiences. From Guatemala to Russia to China to a sleepy little town in Idaho…we all have experiences to share. From infant to older child, transracial to special needs, all of our differences of the process still bring us all together. From our past to our present, adoption has changed so much and yet there are areas where it hasn’t. We hear from our mothers in exile who found their voices and take the time to share a different side. From closed to semi, to fully open, each side has a voice. To support a person’s right to have their basic medical information, to know the aspects of their past and the adoptee’s bill of rights, it’s not a “them” but all our children.

So today…take some time to read the different forums we at Adoption.Com provide. Take a moment to step outside the world you live in to hear another side. There’s joy, pain, support, laughter and struggles on all sides. There are voices everywhere...what do you hear?

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