Mommy's Minute - Open vs. Closed Adoption

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[smni70]

If you knew anything about open adoption, you would know, openness is best for the child and done for the child's benefit.

[quetzal3598]

I am amazed at how birth mothers complain about everything. If you didn't want to make the choice then don't get pregnant, and if you think that you should have all the rights then parent your own child.

[GildaLee27]

Remember: none of the promises the adopters make are legally binding. Once the adopters have legal custody of the child, the natural mother of the child cannot legally make them live up to their promises of visitation, correspondence, etc.

In fact, once legal custody is established, if the adopters no longer want contact with the natural mom, they can and do ignore her attempts to communicate, move away, even get a restraining order against her. All perfectly legal.

[LizzardPissy650]

fuck this video. i had a son and gave him up for adoption and me and the adoptive parents have established a great relationship. they consider me as part of the family. they thank me for giving them a son.

[themalina92]

Closed adoptions are wrong, but if its the only option? In my opinion it's a form of coveting. Adoptive parents need to come back to reality and realize they never conceived their adopted baby, carried their adopted baby, nor delivered their adoptive baby. Whenever open adoptions are possible they should be honored. Big surprise, now people are realizing that possibly their internationally adopted children were stolen and they are unwilling to give them back. Talk about selfishness at its best.

[MiraxTerrik1]

Open adoption isn't that new anymore. It has been around for over a decade, as well the majority of agencies educate prospective adoptive parents about open adoptions ... in fact, you can find agencies that ONLY do open adoptions.

I also don't like this video. From what I've read, after the placement, more often you hear about the adoptive parents trying to seek more contact and openness with the birthmother; not the other way around. A lot of the fear subsides pretty quickly.

[tatorsal]

I was adopted at buckner in Dallas, they only have international adoptions now because most mothers choose to abort now, not a legal option when I was an option, I mean unborn child... Open adoption to me at the very least means I have the right to my original birth certificate, it is a human right, I am not a puppy or kitten from a shelter, denial of this right will do far more harm than good.

[acwtgr]

I so happened to be ovulating when I got raped. That wasn't a situation I wanted to be in, and never asked for it. My boyfriend at first wanted to stick around then decided it wasn't his responsibility (which it wasn't) but he suggested abortion and I believe its wrong, so we broke up. But I agree, even with protected sex, a teen or adult is risking the 0.1% chance of pregnancy.

[Saffron49]

Oh, I forgot to add, I have two adopted children, internationally adopted. I wouldn't do a domestic adoption. However, it works for a lot of families, just not something we were interested in.

[Saffron49]

Yes, you do. If you have sex and you are not protected, then you have a good possibility that you might get pregnant.

If you don't want to get pregnant, don't have sex or use reliable birth control.

Love is having children by choice and not chance. Nobody in my family has ever had an unplanned pregnancy, we all used birth control, men and women. It isn't rocket science.

[acwtgr]

Not everyone gets pregnant by choice.