OPEN ADOPTION
| What is open adoption? |
| Open adoption occurs when the expectant parents, or "birth parents," select and then work with the adoptive parents to plan their child's adoption. The relationship continues after the child is placed in the adoptive home. Contact may include letters, pictures, phone calls and get-togethers. Open adoptions are not all the same, and depend on the individual wishes of birth parents and adoptive parents.
Open adoption offers lifelong benefits. Children grow up without secrets, in touch with their roots, and fully aware of the love that went into their adoption plan. Birth parents remain involved in their child's life while moving on with their own lives. Adoptive parents enter parenthood with a better understanding of who their child is and where they can go for more information. |
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