Adoption | Adoption with Clear Familial Boundaries Is Best
Open adoption is intended to ease the grief of separation by allowing the birth mother to establish an ongoing relationship with her child. In the following viewpoint, Mary Beth Seader and William L. Pierce oppose this practice and contend that open adoption may actually prolong or worsen the birth mother’s pain. The authors claim that when the birth mother is allowed to continually contact her child, it inhibits her from defining the loss and achieving closure. Seader serves on the board of directors for the National Council for Adoption (NCFA), an adoption advocacy and child welfare...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Should Adoption Be Encouraged?
- Chapter 2: Whose Rights Should Be Protected in the Adoption Process?
- Chapter 3: What Types of Adoption Should Be Encouraged?
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Chapter 4: Should Adoption Policies Be Changed?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Adoption with Clear Familial Boundaries Is Best
- An Open Adoption Policy Is Best
- Adoption Records Should Remain Sealed
- Adoption Records Should Be Opened
- Policies Should Emphasize Family Preservation
- Policies Should Not Emphasize Family Preservation
- The Internet Should Be Used to Recruit Adoptive Families
- Internet Adoption Remains a Gray Area
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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