Catalogue by countries / Children of open adoption
| Documentation presentation | |
| ISS/IRC Code | TOOL-ADOPT ENG-022 |
| Partner | |
| Title | Children of open adoption |
| Author | SILBER Kathleen |
| Generic unit | |
| General information | |
| Date published/issue | 00-00-1989 |
| Date received | 00-00-0000 |
| Place published | |
| Editor | |
| Publisher | Corona Publishing Co., P.O. Box 12407, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA |
| Distributor | |
| Page | 193 |
| Price | |
| ISBN | 0 931722 78 0 |
| Type of material | Book |
| Language of document |
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| Document information | |
| Document description |
Commentaries Evaluation |
| Country concerned |
UNITED STATES |
| Index |
Secrecy-origin Identity-origin Adoption-open Identity-adoptive |
| Free text | In this book, the authors try to explain open adoption as a form of "blended families" as they exist in our society in cases of divorce and remarriages or where birth family is simply like extended family which includes other relatives within the adoptive family. Open adoption has evolved to "...include... birthparents and adoptive parents meeting one another, sharing full identifying information, and having access to ongoing contact over the years". The authors explain the benefits of openness in adoption and advocate it as a way of reducing the obsessions created in adoptees by unanswered questions, a means of relieving the guilt and loss feelings in birth parents, and all the fears and mystery about birthparents that adoptive parents feel. The chapters focus on different stages of development of the child being raised in open adoption from infancy through the teenage years. |
| Document qualification | |
| Degree of interest | Valuable |
| Work area |
Psychology Social work --> |
| Potential users | |
| Other potential users |
Adopt-Agency Adopt-Parents |