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Expectant mother in an open adoption

Early Connections in Open Adoption

Expectant mother in an open adoption

As the stigma surrounding adoption continues to decrease, many adoptive parents are now choosing to make contact with their children’s birth parents before adoption takes place. This process is known as open adoption, and it can be incredibly beneficial for adopted children, their adoptive parents, and their birth parents. If you’re considering adopting a child, you may find it worthwhile to pursue an open adoption. To help you navigate this process, below are some tips for both connecting with prospective birth parents early in your adoption. 
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Newborn baby girl in an open adoption

8 Adoption Myths Dispelled

Newborn baby girl in an open adoption

Today’s media is flooded with too many horrifying stories about adoption. Some of these stories are capable of deterring your plans of adopting a child and building an amazing family. The plain truth is that the majority of such stories are nothing but adoption myths fabricated by people in the media space to attract a lot of traffic and viewers to their websites, blogs, and vlogs.
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Birthmothers looking for adoptive families

Birth Moms Looking For Adoptive Parents

Birthmothers looking for adoptive families

Many hopeful adoptive parents begin to plan their financial affairs, research adoption agencies, and read up on open adoption after deciding that they wish to expand their families through adoption. The most common question in the minds of such prospective adoptive parents when they draft their adoption profile is: what are birth mothers looking for in adoptive parents?
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Birthmom and adoptive parents with their baby in an open adoption

4 Questions to Consider About Open Adoption

Birthmom and adoptive parents with their baby in an open adoption

Open adoption is not a “goodbye” to your child, rather, it is a type of adoption that still gives you access to your child. Establishing contact with adoptive parents and your child shows that you have progressed from one stage of your adoptive journey to the next. As a result, it is a good idea to decide on your plans for future interactions between you and your child.
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Process of adoption for adoptive parents

Modern Adoption: The Effects of The Internet

Effects of the adoption process for adoptive parents

The creation of the internet has had a massive effect on almost every aspect of the human experience, including, of course, adoption. In the past, birth parents and adoptive parents could only meet in person, through arrangements with their adoption agencies. Now, birth parents and adoptive parents alike can take the adoption search into their own hands.
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Child in an open adoption

5 Open Adoption Tips

Child in an open adoption

Open adoption is becoming increasingly common, largely because many experts say open adoptions are the best for the child. As you might expect, an open adoption is when the birth parents maintain a relationship with the adoptive parents and their child. The exact nature of this relationship is agreed upon between the adoptive parents and the birth parents, typically before the baby is born. It can range from anything like frequent visitations to just occasional letters.
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Expectant mother considering adoption for her baby

Understanding Birthmoms Considering Adoption

Expectant mother considering adoption for her baby

It’s very easy to make snap judgments before understanding the whole story. Our modern age is a more welcoming, understanding, and inclusive society than in ages past, but prejudice and stigma still exist. One such stigma that has waned a lot in recent years, but still exists for many people, is the one surrounding expectant mothers who choose to place their children for adoption.
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