Adoptees

Offer and receive support on friendships, family relationships, cultural & search issues, etc

General Adoption

Post questions or comments about parenting issues, the adoption process, infertility issues, domestic, DSS or international adoptions, transracial/transcultural issues, educational/school/learning issues, single parenting, etc.

Message Board Rules - Please Read

ACES does NOT permit the following postings on our Message Board:

• Requests for children to adopt.
• Advertisements of children available for adoption may not be posted without permission from ACES. If you know of a child or children who is available for adoption, please email ACES directly at info@aceskids.org and we will review it before posting.
• Communication between adoptive parents and birth parents about particular placements or possible placements. You will need to discuss this privately by phone or personal email.
• Complaints about birth parents, adoptive parents, adoption agencies, attorneys or DSS in general. If you are seeking information about a particular adoption professional, it IS ACCEPTABLE to post a message that you are seeking information about the experiences of others with that specific adoption professional and that you can be contacted privately by phone or personal email. It IS ACCEPTABLE to post a message that you have experience with a particular adoption professional (without giving details) and that you can be contacted for more information privately by phone or personal email.
• Discussions not relevant to adoptive families in South Carolina.
• Messages inappropriate for family viewing (ie profanity, crude language, etc).

All postings are reviewed by moderators. If a posting violates the message board "Rules," it will be deleted.

Welcome to the ACES Message Board

Greetings!
Welcome to the ACES Message Board! This forum is open to all pre-adoptive and post adoptive families and adoptees in South Carolina. Share your experiences on the joys & challenges of choosing adoption, the adoption process, parenting, growing up adopted, etc. Your story may help and encourage someone. Responses to your posts will come from message board visitors and ACES team. We look forward to hearing from you.

If you are a birthmom, please visit BirthMom Buds website for a message board exclusively for you!

Before you start posting, please read our RULES.