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Synopsis
A complete handbook for couples considering adoption addresses a wide range of concerns and issues raised by open adoption and offers helpful advice on all phases of the adoption process
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From the Author
Concrete information, consumer guide; open adoption works!
The book is designed to be a gentle (not pushy) yet persuassive book on (1) why openness in adoption is so important and (2) why the adoption process is so much faster with an open adoption program (typically within a year).
From the Back Cover
Updated for a New Paperback Edition, the Definitive Guide to Open Adoption, by the founder of the Open Adoption Movement The exploding popularity of open adoption today underscores what adopting parents, birthparents, and many adoption experts now maintain: Open adoption is the healthiest, most humane, and fastest method available. It′s better for the birthmother, because she (not lawyers or social workers) decides the future of her child. It′s better for children, because they′re raised without the shroud of secrecy and stigma that accompanies most closed adoptions. And it′s better for adopting parents, because it dramatically shortens the time it takes to obtain a baby, from an average of seven years to under one year. As director of one of the country′s leading open adoption agencies and founder of the first nationwide network of open adoption organizations, Bruce Rappaport has facilitated thousands of successful open adoptions and acquired an intimate understanding of the most common and heartfelt concerns of parents seeking to adopt a baby. Interweaving personal stories and real–life experiences of adopting parents, birthparents, and adopted children, he answers the questions clients most frequently ask:
- What is an open adoption? How does it differ from traditional adoption?
- Will I ever feel like a real parent if my child′s biological mother knows I′m raising her child? Will she interfere?
- What if the birthmother changes her mind after the adoption?
- How long will it take to get a child?
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