Brenda Romanchik

Brenda Romanchik is chair of Insight: Open Adoption Resources and Support in Royal Oak, Michigan. She is birthmom to Matt, who was placed in a fully open adoption in 1984. She has been professionally writing and speaking on open adoption issues since 1989.

URL: http://openadoptioninsight.org/

Author Archives: Brenda Romanchik

Building relationships with potential birth family

10 Ways to Build Trust with Prospective Birth Parents

Brenda Romanchik and Lynn Franklin - February 12, 2017 - Living with Openness, Openness, Referrals & Matches, The Process

10 Ways to Build Trust with Prospective Birth Parents

Brenda Romanchik and Lynn Franklin - February 12, 2017 - Living with Openness, Openness, Referrals & Matches, The Process

10 ways to show respect and build trust.

Ask AF: What to Say in a Letter to Birth Parents

Brenda Romanchik - June 11, 2016 - Connections to the Past, Expert Q&A, Openness

I send letters with pictures to my children’s birth parents via our adoption agencies.

Ask AF: Reaching Out to the Birth Father

Vicki Peterson and Brenda Romanchik - October 23, 2014 - Expert Q&A, Living with Openness, Openness

How can we increase the openness of our relationship with our son’s birth father?

Birth parents and adoptive parents can work together to benefit the child

A Birth Mother on The Open Adoption “Covenant”

Brenda Romanchik - June 1, 2007 - Birth Parent Voices, Living with Openness, Openness

Treat birth family as if they were extended family members: your child will benefit.

Ask AF: Telling Children About a Birth Child

Brenda Romanchik - June 1, 2007 - Expert Q&A, Family Dynamics, Parenting

A parent who placed a child for adoption wonders how to go about explaining a biological sibling to her current children. Adoption expert Brenda Romanchik answers.

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