Anne White Archive

How to Handle Contention with Birth Parents

No one has ever regretted being respectful. Handling contention with birth parents is often emotionally driven and difficult. Handling contentious people on a daily basis can make anyone anxious. Adoption brings people together from different backgrounds, on a journey most have never traveled before. The number one rule, in my book of four adoptions, is to keep perspective. Have compassion, knowing this will not last …