19 Oct Do birth families and adoptive families stay in touch after the child has been placed for adoption? 

Do birth families and adoptive families stay in touch after the child has been placed for adoption?  Absolutely!  At Colorado Christian Services we train our adoptive parents to begin telling their child that he/she has a birth family from the time they are born.  No child should remember the day they found out they were adopted, just like they don’t remember the day they started calling you Mom and Dad.  It is a part of who they are.  Different adoption stories have different levels of ongoing connection.  Many evolve over time with more and more contact.  Here are some ways that adoptive families can stay in touch with their child’s birth family