The significant advantage to open adoption is that the Birth Mother has some say in who adopts her baby. If a child knows that their adopted family was their Birth Mother’s choice for them, it may help them to accept that choice more readily during those years when they are questioning the adoption.

It could be extremely difficult in this day and age to keep the fact that a child is adopted from them their whole life, and even if this is attempted, how will they eventually feel about it if they were to ever find out? It is generally agreed that being open with a child about their adoption is the best course, and how much easier is this to do if the adoptive parents have some information about the Birth Mother?

Choosing Open or Closed Adoption is strictly the personal choice of the Birth Mother. For a Birth Mother to know that she has some choice in who will raise her child and that adoption does not necessarily have to mean that the child will disappear from her forever, makes Open Adoption a much more appealing choice.
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