I've never been keen on open adoption. It doesn't seem to solve the main problem with adoption, which is that somebody feels she was abandoned by someone else.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The process of open adoption is not discussed in the way it should be. Everyone I know who has adopted domestically has at least one tragic story. It was important to me to be able to describe those situations.
Open adoption, when it works, is fabulous. But when it goes wrong, it's so traumatizing for everybody.
I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart.'
The adoption process was not an easy one. The paperwork took nine months. It's a full-time thing!
Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.
If it gets to the point where I actually physically cannot have a child, there's plenty of children in the world that need a stable home and loving parent. I'm so down for adoption.
Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me.
There are so many kids in this world, and in this country, that need homes. And so we're perfectly content to look into adoption one day, if for some reason we aren't able to have a biological child.
I want to say that, in general, when it works, open adoption is great.
Adoption should be an empowering option for young women in crisis, knowing that the people around them - family, friends, church - will respect their choice.