Personal Narrative: Closed Adoption

All three corners of the adoption triad are affected I many ways. Birth mothers are the first to be psychologically traumatized by the adoption. For the adoptees that are a part of the closed era, many of the birth mothers were young, unwed and forced to give her baby up for adoption. No other options were suggested along with no counseling on how to deal with the loss of her child, left a trauma that was not easily forgotten. Some were sent to maternity homes to hide the shame from the rest of the family and the public. The child was to be a very close kept secret mistake to be undone. While giving birth, they were shielded from seeing their child, some not even knowing if they gave birth to a boy

One hundred years ago, if a child was found unwanted or neglected, they were placed in an orphanage. Today, our society has created a foster care system taking children and putting them in better homes until reunited with biological parents or adopted. This system has become so elaborate that it’s not uncommon for the average person to know someone who was in foster care or who was adopted. For this reason, adoption and fostering are terms that have become very commonplace in our society today. However, consider the following four examples, unique each in their own right, and yet all profoundly changed by a simple openness to life.

Ultimately, adoption’s effects on those who get adopted is all-together quite positive. The world may never see the positive effects and outcomes of adoption but there are some whose lives will forever be changed by it. How crazy is it to think so many incredible effects come out of just one daunting and joy-filled task? Adoption may be a long process but so was the process of each child moving from home to home. In the end, adoption leaves an incredible impact not only on the children getting adopted but those who are a part of this

Children have a tendency to bring out the very best in people. I can say I have been fortunate to have four little blessings of my own. I consider each of them as a blessing and each day I am reminded of how much they mean to me. My children have brought out the best in me--parts that I never knew existed. As children grow, so do parents. I have evolved into a better person with the courage to overcome all obstacles because of the love that I have for my children.

Explain that some babies come from their mom’s bellies and stay with that mommy. Then explain that some mom’s need help with raising their baby, so they give their baby to someone else so that they can raise it and love it. Explain that all babies are loved, and that they just take different paths towards finding the family that they were made for.

This article will inform the reader on the psychological and emotional effects that giving their child up through open adoption has had on the biological parents. This will allow the reader to see both perspectives of the adopted child’s life that an open adoption allows for.

For many people, adoption is the only choice when it comes to having children. Once someone chooses adoption, however, there is always more than one option available. It is important when choosing adoption that each person involved is educated on the topic. There are three main types of adoption: confidential, mediated, and fully disclosed. “In up to 90% of domestic infant adoptions, adoptive parents maintain some contact with birth parents. It's considered best practice because most women want to know what happens to the child and the child wants to know family history” (Koch, 2009). Even though the adoptive parents may not create a strong bond with the child, an open adoption is better than one that is closed because children respond

Plenty of information about adoption is misunderstood or not known at all. Numerous individuals do not know the difference between a closed adoption and an open adoption and the pros/cons that accompany these different types of adoption. “Confidential (closed) adoption is where the birthparents often do not know the identity of the adoptive parents and could not maintain any contact with the child or adoptive family after placement.” (9-NP) The problems in a closed adoption are more than just a lack of information. (5-31) One situation that most people take for granted is knowing his or her family history. This is something that adopted children in closed adoption don’t get. (5-30)Nearly all the time, files are physically sealed in a closed adoption. (3-NP) Up until the late 1980’s closed adoptions were considered a regular occurrence. (3-NP) Harold Grotevent, a University of Minnesota professor, has been working with 35 adoption agencies for the last 2 decades and has said there’s been a clean-cut swing from closed to open adoption. (6-NP) “Open adoption refers to the sharing of information and/or contact between the adoptive and biological parents of an adopted child, before and/or after the placement of the child.” (9-NP) Open adoption has become a considerable alterative to abortion or single

In the short time that I have been a mother I have learned many things. I have realized that every day is a learning experience. I have taken the mistakes that I have made and learned from them. My children have pushed me to strive for

"They may not have my eyes, they may not have my smile, but they have all my heart" (Chris McKinney). May 28, 1996 was the day the doctors labeled me as a “crack baby”. Six weeks in the hospital I was later placed in a foster care. For eight years, I lived in a homes of total strangers. Lack of motivation, depression, and confusion, have all been things children like me have faced. Every adoption has its own story and one thing I learned is it's a grand adventure. Adoption has a positive effect on society because it becomes a possible solution to abortion, gives children and teens a chance to have a good life, and allows couples who can not have kids to finally become parents.

Two years ago sibling B reached out to sibling A about a pending separation from her husband. The major concerns were expressed via phone and text. The result of these dialogues expressed a concern

In May 2002, my family received the exciting news that my aunt was approved to adopt a baby boy from Guatemala. This was extremely exciting for me. Getting a new cousin meant I would finally have someone to play with. We were all extremely excited and immediately started thinking of names, buying massive amounts of baby toys, and of course thinking about all the memories that we were going to make in the future. Up to this point my family had been extremely lucky, everything had always gone the way we had expected it to. We did not even think of the possibility that something could go wrong. A few years after my aunt adopted Gabriel however, he was diagnosed with autism. Naturally, this came as a big shock to our family and we were then faced with just as many difficulties as Gabe felt himself. Having Gabriel as my cousin, has taught me so many life lessons that I am so grateful to have experienced.

Adoption is a process that has in the past been and still today remains quite

In order to adopt a child, adults go through an adoption process. This process takes time

The communication process is not yet perfected in my step family but then again is it perfected with any relationship? Who’s to say if it is or isn’t, as long as it works for the individual. I hope one day that everyone in my step family will be able to reach the point where we can disclose ourselves to each other. Until then, we will go on with our cycle of sending, receiving, encoding, decoding, and just trying to get along.