Jacqui and Robert, Julie and Nick, Lucy B, Robert and Marilyn, and Tristan and Scott
“And both sets they will have letterbox contact, which is classed as indirect contact, twice a year… with both, both grannies.”
“It’s also a direct way for the children to be reassured that their birth mother is still well, and equally for her to see the children are still being fed.”
“...the interesting thing is it is a bit like marrying in to a family they are a bit like in-laws, you adopt and they are in-laws and so Christmas, Birthdays you contact each other and wish each other well ”
“...it’s so helpful. It doesn’t in anyway detract from our relationship with the child. It adds to it. It is not a threat. It’s just, makes the child feel slightly more at one with the world. ”
“...they will naturally type in birth families details at some point and find them, so it is a worry now for us and I don’t really think it is so much of a worry as when they are eighteen…”