{"id":478,"date":"2018-11-12T15:11:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T20:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milestonesandtransitions.com\/?p=478"},"modified":"2018-11-12T15:35:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T20:35:02","slug":"search-not-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milestonesandtransitions.com\/search-not-search\/","title":{"rendered":"To Search of Not To Search?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">This can be a very big question.<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">There is now widespread social and legal<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>recognition of the adult adoptee\u2019s need and right for information about themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">Starting points as you consider searching for your birth parents and birth family would be your age\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">and the prevailing attitudes and laws relevant \u00a0to adoption at the time of your placement.<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">On a more personal level<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>would be the<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>social history history information provided at the time of your placement, which you already have, and whether you know of any updates to this information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">Our<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>SEARCH AND REUNION<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>SERVICES guide you in navigating the maze of resources relevant to your search.<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">Has your decision to begin your search now been sparked by a specific event, such as a marriage, birth or medical issue,<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>or are you mobilizing your long felt desire for contact with the person you seek?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">We will help you identify and address your FEARS, and clarify<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>your EXPECTATIONS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">As deemed appropriate, we will discreetly make contact with the person you are searching.<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">We will support you in<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>receiving the person\u2019s response<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>or,<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>infrequently, in lack of response.<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">We will assist you in pacing contact with the person\/persons<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>with whom you wish to be reunited and we will guide and support you<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>through an intensely emotional and freeing journey which can be expected to have<span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>an Impact on and involve members of your birth family and your adoptive family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">by:\u00a0 Betty Ann Streeter,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">MSW, RSW, Adv.Dip.S.W.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_-3728213690422259789gmail-s1\">Milestones &amp; 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