What Is a Closed Adoption?

What Is a Closed Adoption?

Every adoption story is unique, and the level of contact a birth mother has with her child and the adoptive family is entirely up to the birth parents. Closed adoption is one option that prioritizes privacy, where birth parents and adoptive families do not share...
What is an Open Adoption?

What is an Open Adoption?

In decades past, almost all adoptions were closed. A closed adoption meant neither the birth mother nor the adoptive parents knew anything about one another. A doctor or social worker chose the adoptive family, so everyone remained anonymous. Today, nearly 90% of...