So for me, since open adoption was the start of my path and now being on the other side with being able to see personal how adoption has and has not affected my son, I am very curious about others experience with
open adoption because I do wonder what would have been different and would have been the same had my son's adoption not closed when he was so young.
I chose
open adoption because, growing up and even today, I have every little information about my birth family.
We are seeking
an open adoption because we want our child know they are loved by us, their birthparents, and extended families on all sides.
We are seeking
an open adoption because we want our child know they are loved by us, their birthparents, and extended families on all sides.
The girls were adopted through foster care and we didn't do
an open adoption because of the poor choices she was making.
In general, most adoptive parents choose
open adoption because it gives them more control over the matching process, offers them the chance to parent a child from birth, and allows them to have more detailed information about their child's family and medical history.
As a rule, most birth parents opt for
open adoption because it lets them create an adoption plan for their baby, choose their baby's parents and be part of his or her life as he or she gets older.
We chose
open adoption because we feel it's important for a child to have a sense of connection and to know where they come from.
We are choosing
open adoption because we would love you to be part of our life, and because we want our child to be surrounded by everyone who loves him or her.
We chose
open adoption because we want our child to know their birth family and have the best of both worlds.
We're excited about
open adoption because we want our child to know where they come from.
We chose
open adoption because we're very open people in general and feel it is important for children to have healthy, open relationships with their birth family whenever possible.
Most waiting parents choose
open adoption because they want a healthy newborn.
And, while the potential complexities of open adoption scared us at one time (and at times still does), we know it's best for our child and therefore we are choosing
open adoption because we believe it's best for everyone, especially our child, in the long run.
We carefully researched our options and settled on domestic
open adoption because we wanted our future child to know their birthparents.
So for me, since open adoption was the start of my path and now being on the other side with being able to see personal how adoption has and has not affected my son, I am very curious about others experience with
open adoption because I do wonder what would have been different and would have been the same had my son's adoption not closed when he was so young.
I chose
open adoption because I don't want my children to walk around with the nagging questions of «Where did I come from?
So many parents I've talked with are committed to
open adoption because they understand how it can help them and their children move from an Either / Or mindset to a Both / And heartset.
Not exact matches
Because, as anyone who has gone through the
open adoption process will tell you, they will come.
it's never really been on my radar
because of how i feel about
open adoption.
They picked us
because they wanted their child to have a sibling and they wanted them both to be adopted (we have a 3 year old daughter who was adopted as well) They also liked that we had a picture of our daughters birth mom in our letter
because they wanted an
open adoption and a good relationship.»
But six years later, she explains how that's no longer the case mostly
because her
adoption is
open.
We have always been very
open about their
adoption, so much so that when my older son was four he told a sitter that if she wanted kids she could call his birthmom
because she could «get a baby for you.
I am hoping for an
open adoption where reunion isn't necessary
because everyone knows each other from the start, but am finding that sometimes you have contact with the birth mother but not at all and / or no information on the birth father's side (so search and reunion would be something in the future there), and that you could be
open to
open adoption but the birth mother is not.
The practice of international
adoption became more informed and it became more
open and honest
because, as we all know, a lot of people have gone aboard in order not to have contact or openness in
adoption.
At some point in the future, when your son is a bit older, my suggestion is that you
open a discussion with her about her plans, wishes, and hopes for her relationship with him, and ask her if her family knows about him
because, in a truly
open adoption, he might want to know or meet his extended family members.
It is
because of you and others like you that I have a deeper appreciation and knowledge of
open adoption.
I didn't comment (
because my experience of my closed
adoption seemed different and
because we are in the process of pursuing an
open adoption but aren't matched yet) and am glad I did not.
The only reason
open adoptions are becoming the norm today is
because the industry is facing a huge supply problem.
Back during
Adoption School, when being a mom was just a theoretical concept (by the way, our agency was nothing like what's been described in this thread — it told us the benefits of open adoption to the child and said we would eventually form our own relationships with first parents, which it then left us to do), I did not embrace OA because the highly - paid social workers said it was proving to be better for the child than shame and
Adoption School, when being a mom was just a theoretical concept (by the way, our agency was nothing like what's been described in this thread — it told us the benefits of
open adoption to the child and said we would eventually form our own relationships with first parents, which it then left us to do), I did not embrace OA because the highly - paid social workers said it was proving to be better for the child than shame and
adoption to the child and said we would eventually form our own relationships with first parents, which it then left us to do), I did not embrace OA
because the highly - paid social workers said it was proving to be better for the child than shame and secrecy.
«We went to an
open adoption agency
because we wanted SOME contact,» say birthparents Heather and Jason, «so we rejected a couple who wanted us to disappear after the birth.»
I'm glad she voiced these questions
because people entering into
open adoptions need to know what they are getting into in order for those involved to reap the benefits, which are considerable.
I think one of the reasons I read your blog is
because you have the personality traits (that I lack) which allow you to succeed in
open adoption.
Not only
because of what it has to say about
open adoption relationships and how to navigate them, but
because sections of it were written by her daughter's birthmother, Crystal Hass.
As I said in my video having an
open adoption is something special
because there is no wondering about who your biology is.
I pray that we can all get together soon, so that we can create an
open adoption relationship that has the potential to evolve into something which is both special and magical,
because after all... it's not complicated!!
«
Open adoption is the best
because I get to watch two beautiful girls grow up and be mothers one day.»
Today we are blessed with two adorably active toddlers
because of
open adoption.
John Rosemond has been «opposed to
open adoptions from the beginning»
because the «seemingly «fair» arrangement can turn into a nightmare for adoptive parents.»
Because of this, it was very easy for my husband and me to decide on an
open adoption.
I know they were saying these things to us
because they were not fully educated on the merits of an
open adoption.
Just
because I have an
open adoption does not mean I will show up on the adoptive couple's doorstep at 2 am demanding to see «My Baby».
And
open adoption does not shut down just
because the family moved.
They've been able to,
because we have an
open adoption, they've been able to grow up knowing who she was and developing a relationship on their own terms.
We almost went with
Open Adoption & Family Services and I really like their model, specifically because of the ongoing counseling services and their emphasis on the fact that adoption is more than simply placing
Adoption & Family Services and I really like their model, specifically
because of the ongoing counseling services and their emphasis on the fact that
adoption is more than simply placing
adoption is more than simply placing a child.
Because of this, she was featured in our video «
Open Adoption: An Alternative to Foster Care», which chronicles the early stages of Finn's a
Adoption: An Alternative to Foster Care», which chronicles the early stages of Finn's
adoptionadoption.
Her book
Because I Loved You has been hailed as a «roadmap to
open adoption» and endorsed by five national adoption agencies including the Adoption In
adoption» and endorsed by five national
adoption agencies including the Adoption In
adoption agencies including the
Adoption In
Adoption Institute.
Open adoption appeals to us
because honesty is essential to the trusting relationship we hope to build with our children and their birth parents.
Because we care deeply about family,
Open Adoption is the most natural choice.
At first this was merely
because we'd planned a fully
open adoption.