0 an arrangement by which children are legally adopted by people who are not their natural parents, but still continue to communicate with their natural parents
Open adoption will also help many adopted adults who spend years trying to trace information about their pasts.
Most so-called open adoption in this country does not involve direct contact between the adoptive and natural parents.
When we talk about open adoption, we must be clear that it does not usually involve face-to-face contact.
Open adoption is not easy.
I welcome the statement about open adoption where appropriate and applicable, so long as it does not jeopardise the development and growth of a new family.
Open adoption has slowly become more common since research in the 1970s suggested that open adoption was better for children.
They include how to respond to stereotypes, answering questions about heritage, and how best to maintain connections with biological kin when in an open adoption.
In some instances, birth parents and legal parents have entered into open adoption agreements, also known as cooperative postadoption agreements.
