Closed adoption

April 21, 2020

Rooted in Adoption: A Must Read for Adoptees and Families Impacted by Adoption

  Book review of Rooted in Adoption: A Collection of Adoptee Reflections Giveaway for this book at the end of this review! One thing is true, […]
June 26, 2017
There are a number factors that vary that can make adoptees experience either positive or negative or both. Those factors include—open adoption or closed adoption, whether the adopted child has a relationship with their birth family or not, if the adopted child has received counseling, how educated their adoptive parents are in adoption trauma, and how supportive adoptive parents are of their adopted child's desires, thoughts, and feelings as an adoptee.

Understanding the Happiness and Hurt Adoptees Feel

  As an adult adoptee, I have often felt pressured to choose a side—you are either a happy adoptee or an angry adoptee. There is no […]
March 18, 2015

Closed Adoption is Trauma

While there are birth mothers, adoptive parents, and adoption professionals that still think that closed adoption is the best option to provide anonymity to birth mothers […]