Social Media for Adoptive Families
Resources, information and practical ideas to help adoptive families manage their privacy, social media contact, and online relationships. Plus research to help improve our knowledge and understanding of the issues.
Adoption Social Media Info digests information, research and guidance about adoption and social media from agencies, trainers, support centres, researchers and organizations around the world.
Controlling Privacy
Information, resources and guides for managing your adoptive family’s online privacy
Some of the topics covered include:
- Managing your own online presence and your partner’s
- Managing your child’s online presence
- How to discover where you have an online presence
- How to delete your online presence
- How to find out if someone is looking for you or your child
- Posting your adoption match on Facebook
- How can my location be discovered from a photo posted on Facebook?
- How can I check if my location can be discovered from a photo I’ve posted?
Articles
- How to remove your location data before sharing photos
- How your location can be discovered from a photo you post on Facebook
- Facebook automatically strips location information from photos – but that may change
Managing Contact
Tips for preparing and managing birth family social media contact and open adoption
Articles
Building Resilience
Tips for building your child’s digital resilience to online encounters
Some of the topics covered include:
- How adopted children can be more vulnerable online
- Cyberbullying
Articles
Online Support
Get online adoption support from Facebook groups, forums, podcasts, coaches and agencies
Relevant Books
Books about open adoption, birth family contact, social media, and Internet safety
Additional Resources
Online courses, videos, articles, and research reports relating to adoption and social media