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Many who wish to be parents find that for one reason or another they are unable. One way to overcome this problem is the option of adopting, either an unwanted child or one that has been orphaned. If you decide on adoption the same responsibilities apply to the adopted child as apply to a biological child, if you already have children in your family then the adopted child should be treated in the same way as your biological children, you should not differentiate between the two. The adopted child has many of the same rights as your own children* and carries the same responsibilities, no matter what someone might tell you to the contrary.
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You have several options when adopting a child, one of them is called an open adoption. In many states, it is getting harder and harder to find parents who were willing to give their children up for adoption, the main obstacle was that once adopted the biological parents had no access to the child again, this arrangement was primarily set up to protect the child, as seeing it’s biological parents could cause trauma and confusion in a young child. It was mainly due to this factor in the adoption rules that made many parents shun the idea of giving up their children for adoption. Another factor was the thought of a complete stranger raising the child in a way completely alien to that of the biological parents. Due to these factors many parents, although ill equipped to deal with the situation, decided to keep their child leading in many cases to neglect, rejection and even in extreme cases violence and sexual abuse, this was found to be more prevalent where the mother was in an unstable relationship or one where the partner was not the biological father.
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This in part led to many States creating what is known as the open adoption system. This was to help mothers who were willing to give up their children and their parental rights, but not loose all contact with the child. In summary then, the open adoption system was set up to allow the biological mother to make arrangements with the adoptive parents and the courts to have some type of contact with the child. Basically, this is where the mother or father will be sent letters and continuous updates about the child’s wellbeing and happiness. Today, more and more adoptive parents are accepting this form of open adoption, which allows the biological parents to continue to be a part of the child’s life. They allow the children to have a relationship with their biological parents. Due to this arrangement many more children are put up for adoption, as the biological parents are happy that they will be kept informed of the child’s progress whilst it is growing up.
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*Adoptive children’s rights will be discussed in more detail in Know your Rights.
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