Before you finally step out to adopt that child of your dream, you would have decided whether or not you prefer closed adoption, open adoption, or semi-closed adoption. If you choose a closed adoption, it is very important you know the pros and cons of closed adoption before you begin your journey. And vise versa. It is also important you take note of the closed adoption cost before anything.
You must note that there are great differences between the three types of adoption because that will determine to a great extent the success or failure of your adoption processes.
in the early days of adoption, the most widely accepted type of adoption, nowadays many people do not accept it again, and yet a lot more others won’t go for any other type of adoption if not closed adoption.
The question is what are the differences between closed adoption, open adoption, and semi-open adoption? Don’t because, in this article, I will show you the pros and cons of closed adoption and what type of adoption is best for you.
Let’s do this.
Before we consider the pros and cons of closed adoption, let us clarify what closed adoption is and what it is not.
This is the type of adoption where the birth mother or the birth family chooses not to share any type of contact with the adoptive parents or family after the adoption. Unlike open adoption, once this type of adoption is completed, the child’s mother won’t have any way of either contacting the adoptive parents or the adoptee.
Until today, many birth mums still prefer closed adoption to open adoption, because of its uniqueness. The birth mother who wants to pursue her other life’s dream will always choose this type of adoption, and the adoptive parents who need total privacy after adoption prefer it as well.
In whichever category you belong to, below are the pros and cons of closed adoption you must note today.
Pros Of Closed adoption For The Birth Mom
The Pros.
Cons
It’s Not Widely Accepted Now: People prefer open adoption to close adoption these days. Therefore it is likely that you will find it pretty hard to see a birth mom or family that isis willing to accept to give you her child. Meanwhile, if you locate qualified adoption agencies, you are sure to find someone, but, it may take you a long time.
Limited Or No Medical History: This is one of the big cons of closed adoption to adoptive moms. Although the medical histories of the baby are provided before the adoption, the problem now is that the adoptive family can’t have access to the latest history, should anything happen.
You Have Limited Control During The Adoption: Once it is closed adoption, the adoptive parents or family won’t have any control whatsoever because the whole adoption process is in the hands of the adoption agency that is working with you.
Every child experience adoption in different ways, in my list of prons and cost of adoption for the adopted children, you will see the most common cons of closed adoption for every child.
Complete Identify loss: The child will forever struggle with the identity of who the parents are. This is because of the loss of contact with this/her birth family. Teenagers are the ones who feel this most, and this is why people prefer open adoption or semi-open adoption.
Depression: One of the pros and cons of closed adoption There is a tendency that the adopted child will suffer serious depression because of some adoption issue. Let’s assume that his/her friends I. School started making jest of him or her.
My last piece of advice to you is to learn everything you should about adoption before you begin the journey. For instance, if you choose a closed adoption, then learn everything about it, both the pros and cons of closed adoption, and be sure you understand it to avoid regrets in future.
Secondly, if you choose semi open adoption, then it is imperative to first learn the pros and cons of semi open adoption and any other important facts about it. In general, keep yourself abreast about what open vs closed adoption pros cons are and you are ready to achieve your adoption goal.
See you at the top. I am still your in-house adoption counselor.
Murphyaik.
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